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grab ass

grab ass is the alternative form of grabass.

Meaning of grabass

Noun

grabass (uncountable)

  1. (informal, often) Sexual groping; erotic horseplay.
    • [T]hey wouldn't do any work then, just hang around and drink and play grabass with her and she didn't want that.1976, Thomas Glynn, Temporary Sanity: A Novel, →ISBN, page 66
  2. (informal, often) Rowdy behavior; general horseplay or foolery.
    • There's no playing grab-ass or fighting in the building. You got a grudge against another man, you fight him Saturday afternoon. Any man playing grab-ass or fighting in the building spends a night in the box.1967, Cool Hand Luke, spoken by Carr (Clifton James)

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What is grab ass the alternative form of?
Grab ass is the alternative form of grabass.

Words near grab ass in the dictionary

  1. graals
  2. grab
  3. grab and go
  4. grab and run
  5. grab and runs
  6. grab ass
  7. grab at
  8. grab at a straw
  9. grab at straws
  10. grab bag
  11. grab bags

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