单词 | chicken dance |
释义 | chicken dancen. 1. Any of several popular dances in which participants imitate bird movements in a synchronized routine, typically performed to a lively tune or song; (also) the music to which such a dance is performed. Cf. chicken n. 14.For the dance popular in the 1970s, see funky chicken n. at funky adj.1 Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > lively dances > [noun] > others hove-dance1390 tricotee1659 saltarello1724 écossaise1806 fling1806 carmagnole1827 gallopade1831 gallopading1833 polka1837 redowa1843 chicken dance1845 polking1845 schottische1849 Highland or Balmoral Schottische1882 kinkajou1927 knees up, Mother Brown1939 chicken1957 1845 Morning Post 3 Feb. 3/3 The bull fight was succeeded by the baile de pollos (chicken dance) the juego de ganzos or game of geese, and grand match of fives between Oyazun and San Sebastian. 1911 Washington Post 26 Dec. 2 The dance began at 9 o'clock, and included several attractive features, among them a german with a ‘chicken dance’. 1973 N.Y. Times 23 Nov. 20/1 In the midst of the million-dollar glitter, there was a young couple..doing a little chicken dance. 1983 Herald-Zeitung (New Braunfels, Texas) (Nexis) 13 Nov. 1 a/4 When they play the Chicken Dance, they'll get up and do it. 1989 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) 4 Dec. a3 ‘That was the chicken dance,’ she said, demonstrating the dance's body-shaking moves. ‘First you do your fingers, then your wings.’ 2018 Guardian (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Life & Style section) They don't want me to do a chicken dance, or pillow fight. 2. A ceremonial dance of some North American Indian peoples, inspired by the behaviour of the prairie chicken and other birds (see prairie chicken dance n. at prairie chicken n. Compounds). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > American Indian dancing > [noun] canticoy1670 corn dance1726 pipe dance1778 bear dance1784 sun dance1849 Ghost Dance1876 matachin1882 chicken dance1888 Ghost Dancing1890 snake-dance1931 1888 Indian's Friend Oct. They had the deer dance, the fish dance, the chicken dance, and others. 1982 R. Witmer Musical Life of Blood Indians x. 84 I made a song out of it. It's a Chicken Dance—it's Sioux. 2018 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 19 Oct. a1 Nugget Bull Bear and Punky Daniels perform a Chicken Dance as part of cultural displays Thursday during the annual Indigenous Celebration Day at Lethbridge College. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845 |
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