bump and grind: meaning & examples

Language: English

Meanings:

1.
United Statesinformalcolloquial
- A style of sensual or erotic dance characterized by close contact and rhythmic pelvic and hip movements.
- Musical or dance entertainment featuring suggestive, rhythmic movements intended to arouse or excite.
Examples
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- At the club, the dancers performed a bump and grind routine that captivated the entire audience.
  En el club, los bailarines realizaron una rutina de bump and grind que cautivó a toda la audiencia.
- She learned how to bump and grind at dance classes focused on sensual movement and rhythm.
  Ella aprendió a hacer bump and grind en clases de baile enfocadas en movimientos sensuales y ritmo.
- The festival featured live music with plenty of bump and grind styles that got everyone moving.
  El festival presentó música en vivo con mucho estilo bump and grind que puso a todos a bailar.
- They practiced bump and grind steps for hours to perfect their performance at the salsa night.
  Practicaron los pasos de bump and grind durante horas para perfeccionar su actuación en la noche de salsa.
2.
United Statesinformalcolloquial
- To perform sexually suggestive movements while dancing; to engage in close, provocative dancing.
- Figuratively, to work persistently or grind away at a difficult task, often with a sense of hustling or doing whatever is necessary to achieve a goal.
Examples
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- At the party, couples started to bump and grind on the dance floor as the music got more upbeat.
  En la fiesta, las parejas comenzaron a bump and grind en la pista de baile a medida que la música se volvía más animada.
- You could tell they were bumping and grinding all night by the way they moved so closely together.
  Se podía notar que estuvieron bump and grind toda la noche por la forma en que se movían tan juntos.
- They won’t stop bumping and grinding until the DJ changes the song to something slower.
  No dejarán de bump and grind hasta que el DJ cambie la canción a algo más lento.

Examples:

EN: kick the stops out, bump and grind, bojangle and shake 'til the hearts all break.
ES: Golpea, pulveriza, agita hasta romper sus corazones
EN: I just spent a roundtrip to Staten Island thinking you had drowned, and you're up here playing the bump and grind with that... that...
ES: Acabo de pasar un viaje de ida y vuelta a Staten Island pensando que te habías ahogado, y tu estás arriba revolcándote con esa... esa...
EN: Not just where you bump and grind it
ES: No solo donde te contorneas
EN: If you want a future for yourself and the kid... you're gonna have to bump and grind for it.
ES: Si quieres un futuro para ti y para el niño... vas a tener que poner el cuerpo.
EN: We're still going to bump and grind, baby-cakes.
ES: ¿Seguirás resistiéndote, bebita?
EN: Sometimes we got together to bump and grind...
ES: A veces nos juntábamos y a la cama, uno, dos.
EN: Yeah, because I'm thinking that if... If somebody went into this place right here and did... you know, a little bump and grind for the good old boys, they could... they could probably walk out of there... with that amount of money in their pocket.
ES: Porque estoy pensando que si alguien se mete en este lugar, aquí, y les baila sensualmente a los muchachos, ese alguien puede salir con esa cantidad de dinero.
EN: You're sittin' in here with your barbed wire and your three free squares a day and you get your bump and grind with all those big old strangers in the shower... hey!
ES: - ¡Esa fue una! - Crees que no Io sé que sucede por aquí. - ¡Ahora son dos!
EN: In a minute, we'll bring out all the fine young tenders one at a time, for the bump and grind, just don't smack her behind...
ES: Dentro de un momento saldrán las chicas mas jóvenes y bellas, recuerden que para bailes privados solo pueden escoger una cada vez...
EN: * A thrusting hip or bump and grind *
ES: ♪ Caderas meneando y frotándose ♪
EN: I don't see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind, but we got some work to do, bro!
ES: Está bien que quieras acostarte con ella, ¡pero hay que trabajar, hermano!
EN: To bump and grind on your own electric beach?
ES: Por empujar y restregarse en su propio solárium.
EN: A little bump and grind?
ES: ¿Un pequeño forcejeo?
EN: It's just the bump and grind
ES: # Es solo el vaivén de las caderas #
EN: "not just where you bump and grind it.
ES: Not just where you bump and grind it No sólo donde se fabrica

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