lap dancing

noun

: an activity in which a performer (such as a dancer at a nightclub or strip club) makes sexual movements while sitting on the lap of a customer

Full Definition of LAP DANCING

: an activity in which a usually seminude performer sits and gyrates on the lap of a customer

— lap dance noun

— lap dancer noun

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1988

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