ring-shout
US regional (southern )
noun
In African-American use: a religious dance in which participants move in a circle, accompanied by loud, rhythmic singing.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Edna Ferber (1887–1968), novelist and playwright.
- polarizing angle
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- Polar medal
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