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Snake dance — is a term used to refer to a parade before or during a high school or college homecoming event. The parade includes floats built by each high school class, marching bands, students, and alumni. Snake dance may also be more narrowly used to… … Wikipedia
snake dance — ☆ snake dance n. 1. a ceremonial dance by American Indians involving the handling, imitation, etc. of snakes; esp., a ceremony performed every two years by the Hopi Indians, in which live rattlesnakes are handled 2. an informal parade in which… … English World dictionary
snake dance — snake′ dance n. 1) any of various ceremonial dances of American Indian peoples in which snakes are handled or imitated by the dancers 2) a parade or procession in which the participants weave in single file in a serpentine course • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
snake-dance — /snayk dans , dahns /, v.i., snake danced, snake dancing. to perform a snake dance. [1880 85] * * * snake dance, 1. U.S. an informal parade of persons dancing in a zigzag line in celebration, as of a victory or event: »There were victory rallies… … Useful english dictionary
snake-dance — /snayk dans , dahns /, v.i., snake danced, snake dancing. to perform a snake dance. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
snake-dance — intransitive verb Date: 1922 to engage in a snake dance … New Collegiate Dictionary
Snake dance (disambiguation) — Snake dance or Snakedance may refer to: *Snake dance, a parade before a high school or college homecoming dance * Snakedance , a 1983 serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who * Snake Dance , a song by The Rainmakers from … Wikipedia
snake dance — noun 1. a group advancing in a single file serpentine path • Hypernyms: ↑file, ↑single file, ↑Indian file 2. a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked • Regions: ↑United States, ↑United States … Useful english dictionary
snake dance — noun Date: 1772 1. a ceremonial dance in which snakes or their images are handled, invoked, or symbolically imitated by individual sinuous actions 2. a group progression in a single file serpentine path (as in celebration of an athletic victory) … New Collegiate Dictionary
snake dance — type of dance … English contemporary dictionary
