单词 | bump and grind |
释义 | bump and grindadj.n. colloquial (originally U.S.). A. adj. (attributive). Usually hyphenated. Characterized by, featuring, or associated with sexually provocative or erotic dancing. Cf. bump n.2 10a, grind n.1 5, bump and grind v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [adjective] cancaning1865 hootchy-kootchy1895 bump and grind1937 1937 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 20 June (Mag.) Ada Leonard,..premiere stripeuse of the bump-and-grind palaces. 1964 Punch 26 Aug. 295/2 Sing a song..and do a bump-and-grind routine. 1993 Guardian 28 July ii. 6/5 Girls And Boys, a greasy bump'n'grind affair prefaced by a husky spoken verse. 2013 Irish Independent (Nexis) 28 Aug. 31 Miley Cyrus's bump-and-grind performance..at the MTV Video Music Awards. B. n. The action or an act of sexually provocative or erotic dancing. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [noun] cordax1531 ballum rancum1680 rankum1693 cancan1848 fan dance1879 belly dance1883 danse du ventre1893 hootchy-kootchy1893 coochie-coochie1894 coochie1895 cooch1910 bump and grind1938 belly dancing1949 twerk1996 1938 H. M. Alexander Strip Tease 19 A third [striptease artist] added the bump and grind. 1981 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 29 Jan. Tonight they're putting their polite table manners aside for some raunchy bump-'n-grind. 2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 282 Presley's bump and grind on the Milton Berle show. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bump and grindv. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. intransitive. To move with a repeated circling motion of the hips; esp. to dance in a sexually provocative or erotic way by thrusting the pelvis and gyrating the hips and buttocks against a dance partner. Cf. bump and grind adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [verb (intransitive)] wind1790 wine1928 bump and grind1941 grind1942 belly-dance1959 wuk1973 1941 Life 14 Apr. 110/2 (caption) Other hula addicts bump and grind in a confusion of skin and straw. 1944 Amer. Weekly in San Antonio (Texas) Sunday Light 7 May 27/2 When jitterbugs and hootchy-kootchy dancers..bump, grind and jive, they are vulgarizing an old and graceful Polynesian art.] 1954 Cumberland (Maryland) Sunday Times 1 Aug. 16/1 In the Bourbon Street night spots the girls bump and grind and strip as far down as ever. 1963 J. N. Iannuzzi What's Happening 174 He'll probably expect his wife to bump and grind for him on his wedding night, before they get down to do the dirty deed. 1994 Mixmag June 18/2 It's streetsoul that gets the intimate crowd bumping and grinding away. 2002 R. Gervais & S. Merchant Office: Scripts 1st Ser. Episode 5. 220 (stage direct.) Cut to Finch bumping and grinding with two of the girls, while Brent and Gareth stagger drunkenly around the dancefloor. 2. intransitive. Sport. To move or play in an aggressively physical manner. ΚΠ 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 18 Apr. 41/3 When [Detroit] Red Wings started to bump and grind in the first period, [Montreal] Canadiens pushed and shoved right back. 1991 E. Lindros & R. Starkman Fire on Ice (1992) viii. 135 He'd go into the corner, bump and grind, and all of a sudden he would be lying on the ice grabbing his cheeks as if someone had stuck him in the face. 2012 S. Emmanuel Trauma v. 111 We..went bumping and grinding as we each tried to win the race. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1937v.1941 |
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