(a) potatoes mashed (esp. after peeling and boiling) and usually mixed with butter and milk or cream; also in plural; (b) (in form Mashed Potato)…

A dance in ragtime rhythm, esp. popular in the early part of the 20th century.

A dance or a dance move in which the performers imitate the movements of a chicken scratching at the ground, popular in the 1910s and 1920s.

Any of various styles of dance performed to or associated with jazz music; spec. (a) (frequently with the) a ragtime dance (now rare); (b) a dance…

Originally U.S. A dance popular in the 1920s, with a rhythm similar to the Charleston.

A dance of a simple kind in which the feet are shuffled along the floor; spec. a modern popular dance to jazz or rock and roll music, evolved…

An improvised jazz dance, popular in the 1920s and 1930s.

(a) very narrow hips; (b) the name of a popular dance (see quot. 1970).

A modern dance of African-American origin; the step characteristic of this dance (see quots.).

the name of a street in Lambeth, used as the title of a Cockney song and dance first performed by Lupino Lane in the revue Me and my Gal in 1937.

Originally U.S. An informal dance in which participants typically form a line and perform jumping and kicking movements.

A dance to pop music; a party or other occasion for this style of dancing. colloquial.

Usually with capital initial. A dance originating in the United States and popular in the early 1960s.

Also with lower-case initial. A popular dance of the early 1960s, originating in the United States, in which the dancer stands with knees…

Originally U.S. With the. (The name of) a popular dance involving arm movements mimicking the motion of the coupling-rods on a locomotive's wheels.

Also with capital initials. = mashed potato n. (b) at mashed, adj. compounds.

A modern dance. Hence as v. intransitive.

A dance that is a modification of the frug.

Dancing performed as an exercise; organized physical exercise which incorporates the rhythms of (modern) dance. Also as v. intransitive.

A punk rock dance, whose movements are suggestive of jumping on a pogo stick. (Cf. earlier pogo-dancing at compounds 1b).

Any exaggeratedly slow method of proceeding which resembles the characteristic weightless movement of an astronaut on the moon. rare.

intransitive.

a form of dancing to rock music (originally at punk rock concerts) in which participants deliberately collide violently with one another (cf. mosh, v.…

(a) n.a style of street dance characterized by robotic, jerky movements of the joints; (b) adj. that performs this style of dance.

A highly energetic style of dance characterized by a combination of stylized footwork and acrobatic, athletic movements; breakdancing.

A dance involving ‘moshing’ (see mosh, v.). Also: aggressive rock music (originally punk or hardcore) associated with moshing.