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noun
- a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead, chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relieflike surface.Compare rubbing(def 2).
- a work of art containing shapes and textures produced by frottage.
- the practice of getting sexual stimulation and satisfaction by rubbing against something, especially another person.
noun
- the act or process of taking a rubbing from a rough surface, such as wood, for a work of art
- sexual excitement obtained by rubbing against another person’s clothed body
1933, from French frottage “rubbing, friction,” from frotter “to rub,” from Old French froter “to rub, wipe; beat, thrash” (12c.), from Latin fricare “to rub” (see friction). As a paraphilia, it is known as frotteurism.
n.
- Massage; rubbing.
- The act of rubbing against the body of another person, as in a crowd, to attain sexual gratification.