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单词 ring shout
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ring shout


noun

a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by Black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.

Origin of ring shout

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Words nearby ring shout

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British Dictionary definitions for ring shout

ring-shout

noun

a West African circle dance that has influenced jazz, surviving in the Black churches of the southern US
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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