If you rub shoulders with famous people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that you rub elbows with someone, especially in American English. He regularly rubbed shoulders with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Kylie Minogue
To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body
If you rub a substance into a surface or rub something such as dirt from a surface, you spread it over the surface or remove it from the surface using your hand or something such as a cloth. He rubbed oil into my back
If you rub against a surface or rub a part of your body against a surface, you move it backwards and forwards while pressing it against the surface. A cat was rubbing against my leg He kept rubbing his leg against mine
Light contact with another car Very common in most forms of racing Also refered to as "Swapping Paint"
A rub off of a spine by the customer to indicate what is to be printed and how the printing is to be set up This can also be a photo copy of a spine for the same purpose
If you rub a part of your body, you move your hand or fingers backwards and forwards over it while pressing firmly. He rubbed his arms and stiff legs `I fell in a ditch', he said, rubbing at a scrape on his hand
That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch