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dry-hump

dry-hump verb: to simulate sexual intercourse without the genitalia directly touching, i.e. while wearing clothes, or by rubbing the genitals against something else.

Verb

dry-hump (third-person singular simple present dry-humps, present participle dry-humping, simple past and past participle dry-humped)

  1. (ambitransitive, slang) To simulate sexual intercourse without the genitalia directly touching, i.e. while wearing clothes, or by rubbing the genitals against something else.
    • Okay… Okay, I-I-I’m still a little confused here. Did you actually climb Mount Everest? Or did you just dry-hump the side of it and then go home? “It was great! Now smell my finger! There’s still some mountain air on it!” What is wrong with you⁉2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO
    • I found when it happened that I really like dry humping more.2017, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, spoken by Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
    Synonyms:
    dry-fuck

Synonyms of dry-hump

  • dry-fuck

Forms of dry-hump

third-person singular presentdry-humps
present participledry-humping
past participledry-humped
pastdry-humped

Questions about dry-hump

What does dry-hump mean?
Dry-hump means to simulate sexual intercourse without the genitalia directly touching, i.e. while wearing clothes, or by rubbing the genitals against something else.
What part of speech is dry-hump?
Dry-hump is a verb.
What is the past tense of dry-hump?
The past tense of dry-hump is dry-humped.

Words near dry-hump in the dictionary

  1. dry-heave
  2. dry-heaved
  3. dry-heaves
  4. dry-heaving
  5. dry-hopped
  6. dry-hump
  7. dry-humped
  8. dry-humping
  9. dry-humps
  10. dry-lab
  11. dry-labbed

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