SNAKE DANCE Definition & Meaning

snake dance

or snake-dance

[ sneyk dans ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any ceremonial dance, such as that of the Hopi or Chickasaw people, in which snakes or representations of snakes are handled or imitated by the dancers.
a parade or procession, especially in celebration of a sports victory, in which the participants weave in single file in a serpentine course. Compare conga line ( def 3 ).

verb (used without object)

snake danced, snake dancing.

to perform a snake dance.

snake dance

noun

a ceremonial dance, performed by the priests of the American Hopi Indians, in which live snakes are held in the mouth
1. the swaying movements of snakes responding to a snake charmer
2. a Hindu dance in which performers imitate such snake movements

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Origin of snake dance¹

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

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There is just no way our puny little snake dance and locking arms blocks any of that.

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Trump the Republican was always a strain to credulity, but people can make themselves believe just about anything, as thousands of years of ritual sacrifice and snake dances confirm.

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What he is referring to is the snake dance.

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Sheriff George Byers would block the road so the students could do a snake dance from the high school, through the Golden Bubble and back to the school.

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There was dancing, singing, and finally, a snake dance up and down the deck.

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