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frottage

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frot·tage  (frô-täzh)
n.
1. The act of rubbing against the body of another person, as in a crowd, to attain sexual gratification.
2.
a. A method of making a design by placing a piece of paper on top of an object and then rubbing over it, as with a pencil or charcoal.
b. A design so made.

[French, from frotter, to rub, from Old French froter.]

frottage
the act of rubbing against another person for sexual gratification. — frotteur, n.
See also: Sex
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.frottage - masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)
masturbation, onanism - manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure


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Puryear got started with the frottage technique by accident.
28: Frottage (two clothed parts of the body rubbing together, more than one person involved)
Ernst's technical inventions in the 175 works on view include the "overpainting" of the Dada pictures that are commonly called collages, as well as the semiautomatist frottage, grattage, decalcomania, and "oscillation" processes of his Surrealist works.
 
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