Lindy Hopn.

/ˈlɪndi hɒp/

Forms: Also lindy-hop.

Etymology: < Lindy, nickname of C. A. Lindbergh (1902–74), the American pilot who in 1927 was the first to make a solo non-stop transatlantic flight + hop n.² 2.

A black American dance originating in Harlem (New York); also attributive. Also elliptical Lindy n.

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1931 Zit's Theatrical Newspaper 2 May 11 The winners of the all-Harlem Lindy Hop contest..drew rounds of applause nightly.

1936 Life 14 Dec. 64 The Lindy Hop originated at the Savoy.

1948 K. Davis Human Society 79 The late and unlamented dance step called the ‘Lindy Hop’ was a fad.

1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 831/2 Betty White's Teen-Age Dance Book... Clear instructions for fox trot, lindy, mambo, cha cha, etc.

1969 New Yorker 15 Feb. 31/3 Their feet began to tap, and they tore into the Lindy.

1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 108 Here I am, a negro who cannot do the lindy-hop or sing the Blues!

1970 A. Miller in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 538 Few can ignore the effects of the cake walk, fox trot, lindy hop, the twist on the movement habits of people in the States.

1973 Guardian 7 Aug. 8/4 When I was a kid I would go and dance for the white folks. Do the splits and the Lindy Hop, and they would throw me pennies.

Derivatives

Lindy v. (intransitive) to dance the Lindy Hop.

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1969 T. M. Disch & J. T. Sladek Black Alice ii. 19 No one could challenge his tango, but when he heard fast music his impulse was to lindy rather than to twist.

ˈlindyhopper n. one who dances the Lindy Hop.

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1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xvi. 286 We'd get five teams of lindyhoppers from the Savoy Ballroom.

1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xii. 218 On the corner, the Nest of Vipers nightly harboured jitterbugs and Lindy hoppers whose antics shamed the praying mantis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	lindy hop
释义	Lindy Hopn. /ˈlɪndi hɒp/ Forms: Also lindy-hop. Etymology: < Lindy, nickname of C. A. Lindbergh (1902–74), the American pilot who in 1927 was the first to make a solo non-stop transatlantic flight + hop n.² 2. A black American dance originating in Harlem (New York); also attributive. Also elliptical Lindy n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > African-American dancing > [noun] calinda1763 juba18.. hoedown1841 breakdowna1864 cakewalk1902 scronch1926 Lindy Hop1931 Zydeco1949 1931 Zit's Theatrical Newspaper 2 May 11 The winners of the all-Harlem Lindy Hop contest..drew rounds of applause nightly. 1936 Life 14 Dec. 64 The Lindy Hop originated at the Savoy. 1948 K. Davis Human Society 79 The late and unlamented dance step called the ‘Lindy Hop’ was a fad. 1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 831/2 Betty White's Teen-Age Dance Book... Clear instructions for fox trot, lindy, mambo, cha cha, etc. 1969 New Yorker 15 Feb. 31/3 Their feet began to tap, and they tore into the Lindy. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 108 Here I am, a negro who cannot do the lindy-hop or sing the Blues! 1970 A. Miller in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 538 Few can ignore the effects of the cake walk, fox trot, lindy hop, the twist on the movement habits of people in the States. 1973 Guardian 7 Aug. 8/4 When I was a kid I would go and dance for the white folks. Do the splits and the Lindy Hop, and they would throw me pennies. Derivatives Lindy v. (intransitive) to dance the Lindy Hop. ΚΠ 1969 T. M. Disch & J. T. Sladek Black Alice ii. 19 No one could challenge his tango, but when he heard fast music his impulse was to lindy rather than to twist. ˈlindyhopper n. one who dances the Lindy Hop. ΚΠ 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xvi. 286 We'd get five teams of lindyhoppers from the Savoy Ballroom. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xii. 218 On the corner, the Nest of Vipers nightly harboured jitterbugs and Lindy hoppers whose antics shamed the praying mantis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1931
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