dry-hump

See also: dry hump

English

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To simulate sexual intercourse without the genitalia directly touching, i.e. while wearing clothes, or by rubbing the genitals against something else.
   • 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:

     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⁉

   • 2017, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, spoken by Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson:

     I found when it happened that I really like dry humping more.

Synonyms

• dry-fuck

Translations

to simulate sexual intercourse

• Dutch: droogneuken
• Swedish: torrjucka (sv)