Hip-grinding

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sexual gyrating of the hips when dancing. attributive, often, uncountable

    "Reggae basslines boom from giant stacks of speakers and the streets and dancehalls are crammed with hip-grinding groovers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

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"Reggae basslines boom from giant stacks of speakers and the streets and dancehalls are crammed with hip-grinding groovers."

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