body contact
Skin against skin
Body contact is physical touch between people, whether incidental or deliberate.
In sports, body contact distinguishes games like football and hockey from non-contact sports like tennis.
The phrase often implies the kind of physical closeness that might be unwelcome: The crowded subway meant unavoidable body contact with strangers.
- hugTight, affectionate clasp
- bear hugTight, enveloping embrace
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- skin to skinUnclothed bodies touching directly
- intertwineTwist together mutually
cuddle · hold · embrace · slow dance · wrestle · caress · intimacy · physical · close quarters · spooning · interaction · nudge · fist bump · tackle · martial arts · massage · bump · high-five
- contacttouch, grasp, hold, grab, embrace
- ballroom dancewaltz, foxtrot, tango, quickstep, cha-cha
- hockey playship check, shoulder check, open ice hit, boarding, charging
- reboundingboxing out, tip-in, putback, offensive rebound, defensive rebound
body contactdistance
Space between two points
separation · no contact · keeping apart · remoteness · personal space
body contactverbal communication
Exchange through spoken language
written communication · eye contact · remote communication · verbal interaction · spoken words
body contactsocial distancing
Deliberate interpersonal spacing
standoffishness · aloofness · withdrawal · reserve · coldness
body, contact, bodies, bodily, bodied, embody, embodied, embodiment, embodying