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hip-grinding

hip-grinding noun: a sexual gyrating of the hips when dancing.

Noun

hip-grinding (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) A sexual gyrating of the hips when dancing.
    • Reggae basslines boom from giant stacks of speakers and the streets and dancehalls are crammed with hip-grinding groovers.2002, Iain Stewart, Mark Whatmore, Rough Guide to Guatemala, →ISBN, page 43
    • Jasmine was putting a hurting on ole boy with her hip-grinding dance moves.2008, LaTonya W. Moore, A Summer of Passion, Love, Pain, and Happiness, →ISBN, page 48

Adjective

hip-grinding (comparative more hip-grinding, superlative most hip-grinding)

  1. (Of music) having a groove that suits this type of dancing.
    • The Gladhand Band offers “Taylor's Cafe,” another blues tune in the same hip-grinding vein.1989 December 1, “Soundtracks from different tracks”, in The Crisis, page 12
    • The sound is hip-grinding deep-house along the order of David Morales, Derrick May and "Little" Louie Vega, with a clientele that is largely comprised ent pop.1995 November 18, “Worldwide Dance”, in Billboard, page 44

Forms of hip-grinding

comparativemore hip-grinding
superlativemost hip-grinding

Questions about hip-grinding

What does hip-grinding mean?
Hip-grinding means a sexual gyrating of the hips when dancing.
What part of speech is hip-grinding?
Hip-grinding can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near hip-grinding in the dictionary

  1. hip trees
  2. hip whip
  3. hip whips
  4. hip-flask
  5. hip-flasks
  6. hip-grinding
  7. hip-hop
  8. hip-hop honey
  9. hip-hop honeys
  10. hip-hopera
  11. hip-hoperas

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