MALE BONDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does male bonding mean? 

• MALE BONDING (noun)
  The noun MALE BONDING has 1 sense:

1. the formation of a close personal relationship between men

  Familiarity information: MALE BONDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALE BONDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The formation of a close personal relationship between men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Context example:

the rituals known as male bonding do not necessarily involve drinking beer together

Hypernyms ("male bonding" is a kind of...):

bonding (a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child))