belly-dancev.
/ˈbɛlɪdɑːns/, /ˈbɛlɪdans/, U.S. /ˈbɛliˌdæns/ intransitive. To perform or engage in a belly dance.
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1959 Daily Mail 16 May 5/4 Four teenage Nigerian girls shattered protocol by belly-dancing up the steps of the royal pavilion until they were within 3ft. of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
1969 N.Y. Times 22 June (Mag.) 26/3 They belly-dance with their daughters to pass the time between cooking lunch and cooking dinner.
1996 M. Hulse tr. W. G. Sebald Emigrants (1997) 72 That's Flossie, who later became a secretary in Tucson, Arizona, and learnt to belly dance when she was in her fifties.
2019 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. The actor is seen dressed in a glittery pink top and harem pants as she belly dances to the music.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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