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dry-humping

dry-humping is the present participle and gerund of dry-hump.

Meaning of dry-hump

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
    Synonyms:
    dry-fuck

Questions about dry-humping

What is dry-humping the present participle and gerund of?
Dry-humping is the present participle and gerund of dry-hump.

Words near dry-humping in the dictionary

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

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