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conga|ˈkɒŋgə|
[American Sp., a. Sp. conga fem. of congo of or pertaining to the Congo (see Congo).]
1. a. A Latin-American dance of African origin, usu. performed by several people in single file and consisting of three steps forward followed by a kick. Cf. Congo 1.
1935Dancing Times Feb. 577/1 The ‘Conga’ is not a ball⁓room dance, at any rate in Cuba. 1938Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Yr. 193/2 In Paris, the conga was revived. 1958Times 13 Oct. 11/7 Nor was he above leading a ‘Conga’ through the halls and corridors of Buckingham Palace.
b. A conga drum.
1969Rolling Stone 28 June 29/1 Chris Spedding on guitar, Pete Bailey on congas, African drums and percussion, [etc.]. 1980New Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 658/2 Congas are rarely (if ever) played with sticks, the fingers and hollow palm of the hand being customary. 1984D. Dorsey in M. Evans Black Women Writers (1985) 185 The cast includes four musicians (for piano, conga, bass, flute) two male dancers,..and four actresses.
2. attrib., as conga chain, conga line; conga drum, a tall, narrow, low-toned drum usually played with the hands; hence conga drummer, conga drumming.
1957O. Nash You can't get There 143 And round and round there dragged and wound A loathsome conga chain.
1955L. Feather Encycl. Jazz i. 30 A number of unfamiliar percussion instruments such as the bongos, conga drum and timbales. 1956M. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xix. 243 Pozo crouched in the center of the stage and flailed a many-voiced conga drum with blistered hands. Ibid. 253 He added a third trumpeter and a conga drummer. 1958Gramophone June 32/1 Candido's relentless conga drumming.
1953Encounter Nov. 69/1 They formed a conga-line, putting their hands on the shoulders of those before them, and undulating in a long chain through the street.
Also as v. intr., to dance the conga.
1941J. Cavanaugh et al. (sheet-music title) I came, I saw, I conga'd. Ibid. 3, I came, I saw, I conga'd; It's plain to see you conquered me. 1970‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird vi. 88, I caught her round the waist and conga'd. |