dry hump

Friction without undressing

Dry humping is simulating sex while clothed, rubbing bodies together without penetration or genital contact.

The term captures both teenage fumbling—making out that stops short of "going all the way"—and deliberate erotic play between adults.

As a verb: We dry humped in the back seat of his car.

Sometimes spelled as one word.

Related

no sex · simulate · sexual act · taboo · consent · risqué · clothed · arousal · sexual tension · boundary · teasing · caress · crude · innuendo · thrust · making out · euphemism · necking

Opposites
sexual contact type

dry humpsexual intercourse

Bodily union between partners

penetrative sex · coitus · copulation · fornication · making love

clothing/barrier

dry humpskin-to-skin contact

Direct bodily touch, unclothed

unprotected sex

sexual explicitness/commitment

dry humpmaking love

Sexual intercourse between partners

consummating · lovemaking · abstinence · celibacy

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated R