Words and phrases that have a meaning related to rubbing: (141 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:
adhesive friction, attrition, detrition, 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:
Also try:effort, elbow grease, exertion, representation, resistance, sweat, travail
— Adjectives for rubbing: vigorous, constant, gentle, much, hard, brisk, hand, little, frequent, dry, good, more...
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