†(a) = sense 1 (obsolete); (b) = sense 2b.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances to specific popular music > [noun] (20) rag dance1892 †(a) = sense 1 (obsolete); (b) = sense 2b. rag1899 A dance performed to ragtime music; a dancing party at which ragtime music is played. Now chiefly historical. jazzing1917 The action or practice of playing jazz music or playing music in the style of jazz; (also) jazz dancing. shey-sheyc1920 A rhythmical, shuffling dance usually danced by women to jazz music and song. juking1937 boogie1940 Originally: a style of playing blues, usually on the piano, characterized by fast, continuously repeating bass rhythms accompanying an independent… rocking1948 The action or practice of playing or dancing to popular music with a heavy beat and strong rhythm, esp. (from the mid 1950s) rock 'n' roll, or rock… rock 'n' rolling1956 The action of performing or dancing to rock 'n' roll music. rock 'n' roll1958 A style of dance performed to this music. monkey1963 Originally U.S. A dance popular in the 1960s (apparently originally danced to the 1963 Tamla Motown record ‘Mickey's Monkey’, performed by the… ska1964 A style of popular music of Jamaican origin, characterized by a fast tempo and strongly accentuated offbeat. Also: a dance to such music. Cf. reggae… boogaloo1965 A dance performed to rock-and-roll or similar music, characterized by improvised swivelling and shuffling movements of the body, originally… rocksteady1967 A dance performed to this music, typically involving the swaying of the body and arms backwards and forwards. reggae1968 A dance characterized by bent knees and swaying improvised movements of the upper body, originally performed to the shuffling, syncopated rhythm… skank1974 = skanking, n.; music for this. salsa1975 A kind of dance music of Latin American origin which incorporates elements of jazz and rock music; a dance performed to this music. skanking1976 A style of West Indian dancing to reggae music, in which the body bends forward at the waist, and the knees are raised and the hands claw the air… Macarena1995 A dance consisting of set movements performed to a fast Latin rhythm. Subcategories:— dancer (2) |
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