SNAKE DANCE

Meaning of SNAKE DANCE in English

noun Date: 1772 a ceremonial dance in which snakes or their images are handled, invoked, or symbolically imitated by individual sinuous actions, a group progression in a single-file serpentine path (as in celebration of an athletic victory)

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SNAKE-DANCE — intransitive verb Date: 1922 to engage in a snake dance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SNAKE DANCE — noun 1. : a ceremonial dance in which snakes or their images are handled, invoked, or symbolically imitated by individual …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAKE-DANCE — /snayk"dans', -dahns'/ , v.i. , snake-danced, snake-dancing . to perform a snake dance. [ 1880-85 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE DANCE — 1. a ceremonial dance of the American Indian in which snakes or representations of snakes are handled or imitated by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE DANCE — type of dance
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SNAKE DANCE — Date: 1772 1. : a ceremonial dance in which snakes or their images are handled, invoked, or symbolically imitated by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE-DANCE — Date: 1922 : to engage in a snake dance
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE-DANCE — Function: intransitive verb Date: 1922 : to engage in a snake dance
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SNAKE DANCE — Function: noun Date: 1772 1 : a ceremonial dance in which snakes or their images are handled, invoked, or symbolically …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SNAKE-DANCE — [snake-dance] vi (1922): to engage in a snake dance
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE DANCE — [snake dance] n (1772) 1: a ceremonial dance in which snakes or their images are handled, invoked, or symbolically imitated …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE DANCE — танец со змеями (часто ритуальный; у американских индейцев) (разговорное) триумфальный проход (победившей команды)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE DANCE — 1. танец со змеями ( часто ритуальный; у американских индейцев ) 2. разг. триумфальный проход ( победившей команды )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SNAKE DANCE — 1. танец со змеями ( часто ритуальный; у американских индейцев ) 2. разг. триумфальный проход ( победившей команды )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SNAKE DANCE — 1. танец со змеями ( часто ритуальный; у американских индейцев ) 2. разг. триумфальный проход ( победившей команды )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE DANCE — Змеиная пляска Культовая пляска у индейцев хопи [Hopi], в которой используются живые змеи. Проводится в киве [kiva] - полуподземном обрядовом помещении …
SNAKE DANCE — Змеиная пляска Культовая пляска у индейцев хопи , в которой используются живые змеи. Проводится в киве - полуподземном обрядовом помещении …
SNAKE DANCE — танец со змеями (часто ритуальный; у американских индейцев) (разговорное) триумфальный проход (победившей команды)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — I Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Английский словарь Британика
DANCE — I Form of expression that uses bodily movements that are rhythmic, patterned (or sometimes improvised), and usually accompanied by music. …
Английский словарь Британика
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk, dial ˈsnek noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DANCE — I. ˈdan(t)s, ˈdaa(ə)n-, ˈdain-, ˈdȧn- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English dauncen, from Old French dancier, perhaps from (assumed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAKE — — snakelike , adj. /snayk/ , n. , v. , snaked, snaking . n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DANCE — — dancingly , adv. /dans, dahns/ , v. , danced, dancing , n. v.i. 1. to move one's feet or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — v. twist or wind like a snake; move like a snake, move in a sinuous manner, glide; drag
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DANCE — v. move rhythmically to music (often following pre-composed steps and movements); skip or bounce about in a dance-like manner; participate …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to Old Norse snakr snake, Old High German snahhan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE — vi to crawl like a snake. 2. snake ·vt to drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; …
Webster English vocab
DANCE — vi a tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, ·etc. 2. dance ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
SNAKE — [snake] n [ME, fr. OE snaca; akin to ON snakr snake, OHG snahhan to crawl] (bef. 12c) 1: any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DANCE — [dance] vb danced ; danc.ing [ME dauncen, fr. OF dancier] vi (14c) 1: to engage in or perform a dance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE — also called serpent, any member of the reptile group Serpentes, with the Sauria (lizards) and Amphisbaenia (wormlike amphisbaenians), one of …
Britannica English vocabulary
DANCE — the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNAKE — snake, Snake BrE AmE sneɪk ▷ snaked sneɪkt ▷ snakes sneɪks ▷ snaking ˈsneɪk ɪŋ ▶ ˈ snake ˌ charmer …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNAKE — / sneɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DANCE — / dɑːns; NAmE dæns/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a series of movements and steps that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. snake 1 /sneɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snaca ] 1 . an animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DANCE — I. dance 1 S2 W3 /dɑːns $ dæns/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable] a special set of movements performed …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DANCE — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. move about rhythmically alone or with a partner or in a set, usu. in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DANCE — v. & n. v. 1 intr. move about rhythmically alone or with a partner or in a set, usu. in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Oxford English vocab
DANCE — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. move about rhythmically alone or with a partner or in a set, usu. in …
Oxford English vocab
DANCE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES garter snake grass snake poisonous snake ▪ She was bitten on the ankle by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DANCE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DANCE — [noun] [C]Shall we have a dance (= an act of dancing)?On Thursday night I've got my dance class.A dance can …
Cambridge English vocab
SNAKE — n. black snake coral snake garter snake hognose snake indigo snake king snake rat snake sea snake Snake River water …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE — n. Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DANCE — n. ballroom dance country dance dance notation dance of death skeleton dance folk dance Ghost Dance modern dance Morris dance …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DANCE — n. Form of expression that uses bodily movements that are rhythmic, patterned (or sometimes improvised), and usually accompanied by music. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DANCE — Synonyms and related words : Charleston, Highland fling, Lambeth Walk, Mexican hat dance, Portland fancy, Virginia reel, Watusi, acid rock, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly ▪ one of the world's deadliest ~s ▪ poisonous , venomous ▪ giant , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DANCE — I. noun 1 series of steps/movements to music ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ fast , lively ▪ slow , stately ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DANCE — INDEX: 1. to dance 2. a set of movements performed to a particular type of music 3. someone who dances …
Longman Activator English vocab
SNAKE — n. 25B6; noun the snake shed its skin : poetic/literary serpent; Zoology ophidian; Austral./NZ rhyming slang Joe Blake. See list. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DANCE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. 1 reptile, serpent, ophidian, viper A specialist in snakes is called a herpetologist 2 snake in the grass, traitor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SNAKE — сущ. 1) змея apoisonous, venomous snake ≈ ядовитая змея snakes bite, strike snake ≈ змеи кусают snakes coil ≈ змеи …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DANCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) танец barn dance ≈ сельский праздник с танцами They met at a dance. ≈ Они познакомились …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — snake.ogg 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DANCE — dance.ogg 1. dɑ:ns n 1. танец; пляска barn dance - шотландский танец round dance - вальс a stage dance - …
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