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Meaning: (idiomatic)Asexuallysuggestivedanceinvolvingexaggeratedhipmovements, especially astripteasedance.1982August 9, Gerald Clarke, “Are the Stars Out Tonight?”, inTime:One of the oddest spectacles in America, in fact, has to be a Tom Jones audience, in which a couple of dozen women, usually attractive and well dressed, throw their panties onto the stage and compete for what appears to be a deep kiss from the male master of thebump and grind.; (by extension)A combination ofmovementsresembling such a dance, as inroad racing,whitewaterkayaking, orexercising; anyactivityinvolvingprolongedjarringorshaking.1998November 19, Lloyd Grove, John Harris, “Crisis Quarterback: Gregory Craig Is Calling the Plays On Clinton's Team”, inWashington Post, retrieved 7 Aug. 2008, pageD01:"There's inevitably abump and grindwhen someone new comes into an established organization," says former senior adviser Rahm Emanuel.2005August 29, Viv Bernstein, “Victory Gives Kenseth a Shot at the Chase”, inNew York Times, retrieved 7 Aug. 2008:The typicalbump and grindof short-track racing at Bristol Motor Speedway met with the panicked push of the final races of the Nascar Nextel Cup.
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