Meanings
present singular third person dry-humps · participle present dry-humping · participle past dry-humped · past dry-humped
- ambitransitiveslangTo simulate sexual intercourse without the genitalia directly touching, i.e. while wearing clothes, or by rubbing the genitals against something else.
I found when it happened that I really like dry humping more.
2017, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, spoken by Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson1 more example
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⁉
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 HBOSynonyms: dry-fuck
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo simulate sexual intercourse without the genitalia directly touching, i.e. while wearing clothes, or by rubbing the genitals against something else.
Translations
Dutch droogneuken
- droogneukento simulate sexual intercourse
Spanish cochar en seco, jorobar en seco
- cochar en secoto simulate sexual intercourse
- jorobar en secoto simulate sexual intercourse
Swedish torrjucka
- torrjuckato simulate sexual intercourse
Cite this entry
dry-hump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry-hump
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