slap and tickle

UK informal humorous

Definition

› sexual activity, especially when it involves playing or joking: I think there's a bit of slap and tickle going on in the back of that car over there.Sexual activity in generalPhysical and sexual assault and abduction

(Definition of slap and tickle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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