noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/fɹɒt/
British, Southern, Standard:/fɹɔt/
General-American:/fɹɑt/
Australian:/fɹɔt/
Australia:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɒt
homophone: fraught (cot–caught merger)
1
noun
Meaning 1
A sexual act in which two people rub their penises together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
verb
Meaning 2
To rub one's penis against another person's penis for sexual gratification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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3
verb
Meaning 3
To rub, chafe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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4
verb
Meaning 4
To work leather by rubbing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
From Middle English frotten, froten, from Old French froter (“to rub, polish”), of obscure origin.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
陰莖摩擦 /阴茎摩擦
(yīnjīng mócā)
— sexual act
Chinese Mandarin:
擊劍 /击剑
(jījiàn)
— sexual act
Chinese Mandarin:
拼刺刀
(pīn cìdāo)
— sexual act
Japanese:
兜合わせ
(kabutoawase)
— sexual act
Korean:
프롯
(peurot)
— sexual act
Ukrainian:
секеля́ння
(sekeljánnja)
— sexual act
Japanese:
兜合わせる
(kabuto awaseru)
— to rub someone for sexual gratification
Turkish:
kerkinmek
— to rub someone for sexual gratification
Turkish:
sürttürmek
— to rub someone for sexual gratification
Turkish:
dayamak
— to rub someone for sexual gratification
Turkish:
fortlamak
— to rub someone for sexual gratification
Ukrainian:
секеля́тися
(sekeljátysja)
— to rub someone for sexual gratification
Ukrainian:
те́ртися
(tértysja)
— to rub someone for sexual gratification