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▪ I. line dance, n.
Brit. |ˈlʌɪn ˌdɑːns|, |ˈlʌɪn ˌdans|, U.S. |ˈlaɪn ˌdæns|
[‹ line n.2 + dance n. Compare earlier line dancer n., line dancing n.]
Any of various dances, esp. folk or country dances, in which multiple participants are arranged in one or more lines.
1961T. Petrides & E. Petrides Folk Dances of Greeks 13 Thrace and Macedonia... Hassapiko... (Line dance). 1968B. R. Buckley in T. P. Coffin Our Living Traditions xii. 139 Round-dance, square-dance, line-dance figures were all used in the play-party. 1988P. Manuel Pop. Musics Non-Western World (1990) v. 158 Lebanese traditions such as the dabkah line dance. 2001Billboard 4 Aug. 81/2 What has taken the [honky-tonk] name are the meat market, Village People, rap music, fern country, line-dance bars. Given my druthers, I'm much more at home in the bare-bones, often rank-smelling alternative rooms.
▪ II. line dance, v.
Brit. |ˈlʌɪn ˌdɑːns|, |ˈlʌɪn ˌdans|, U.S. |ˈlaɪn ˌdæns|
[‹ line n.2 + dance v., after line dance n., line dancer n., line dancing n.]
intr. To participate in a line dance.
1990St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 13 Nov. (Pasco Times section) 1/2 Hilda Hubble effortlessly line danced, holding her arms just so and gliding around the linoleum floor. 1993Toronto Life Nov. 60/1 It is high noon on Friday and the class is packed... But today isn't normal: we are here to line dance. 2000Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 8 Oct. On Friday night, hundreds played pool, country line-danced and then watched five people go up against the horned and burly beasts. |