Lap Dance Definition & Meaning

Definition

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Etymology

Examples

Synonyms lap dance American

noun

1. an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.

Other Word Forms

• lap dancing noun
• lap-dance verb (used without object)

Etymology

Origin of lap dance

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

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The Duke of Sussex has told a court he was suspicious about how a newspaper got a story on his girlfriend Chelsy Davy being angry with him about him visiting a lap dance club.

From BBC

But something that was drowned out in the blare of its cannily contrived controversies — the uproar around that satanic lap dance in its music video; that lip-lock at the BET Awards; the most controversial Nikes since Heaven’s Gate — was a certain nuance in the song’s point of view.

From New York Times

At the end of March, he shared “MONTERO but ur in the bathroom of hell while lil nas is giving satan a lap dance in the other room,” which is just as excellent as the lo-fi remix.

From The Verge

This time Lil Nas X, 21, set off an old-fashioned satanic panic with the song’s eye-popping music video, in which he rides a stripper pole to hell and gives the devil a lap dance.

From Los Angeles Times

“Saturday Night Live” addressed the hubbub over the weekend with a sketch in which the rapper, played by Chris Redd, gives God a lap dance “to even things out.”

From Los Angeles Times

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