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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to rubbing:   (145 results)

Often used in the same context:
massaging, licking, brushing, patting, slapping, stroking, dabbing, wiggling, chewing, shaking, scrunching, pinching, poking, scratching, uncurl, powdering, tickling, clenching, slathering, tugging, scraping, mussing, lathering, caressing, peeling, wetting, spritzing, prickle, sweating, jiggling, dripping, twitching, squishing, soaking, jerking, smeared, wagging, tingled, squeezing, puckering, pawing, gnawing, flicking, squirming, kissing, soaping, crinkling, moistening, frowning, hammering, rolling, scrubbing, rocking, grinding, kneading, twisting, abrasion, boiling, polishing, trituration, coughing, friction, lifting, scouring, charred, edged, marker, mortised, precut, sawn, soldered, wall, abrasive, bevelled, bleached, breaker, broke, burnt, cap, carved, cemented, chamfered, cm

More specific:
abrasion, adhesive friction, attrition, detrition, grinding, grip, traction

Appears in the definition of:
., attrited, attrition, bright, burnished, chafe, clitter, cricket, cut out, detrition, efface, erase, fray, frazzle, fret, friction, frottage, frotteur, gall, gloss, grate, grind, katydid, lustrous, massage, oil, rub, rubdown, rub out, score out, scour, scouring, scratch out, scrub, scrubbing, shining, shiny, smooth, smoothen, sponge down, sponge off, stridulate, stridulation, whet, wipe, wipe off

More general:
effort, elbow grease, exertion, representation, resistance, sweat, travail

Synonyms:
detrition, friction

Also try:
— Adjectives for rubbing: vigorous, constant, gentle, much, hard, brisk, hand, little, frequent, dry, good, more...

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