hula
a sinuous Hawaiian dance with intricate arm movements that tell a story in pantomime, usually danced to rhythmic drumming and accompanied by chanting.
Origin of hula
1- Also called hula-hula .
Words Nearby hula
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How to use hula in a sentence
Neptune’s entire orbit around the sun wobbles like a struggling hula hoop.
A missing moon could have given Saturn its rings — and tilt | Lisa Grossman | October 12, 2022 | Science News For StudentsNeptune’s entire orbit around the sun also wobbles, like a struggling hula hoop.
Saturn’s rings and tilt might have come from one missing moon | Lisa Grossman | September 15, 2022 | Science NewsA hula hoop–like antenna on a pole holds stubby microphones feeding 48 independent channels of sound to location-calculating software.
An ‘acoustic camera’ shows joining the right boy band boosts a frog’s sex appeal | Susan Milius | May 31, 2022 | Science NewsIn a few minutes, electronic music will start pulsing, stuffed animals will be flung through the air, women will emerge spinning Technicolor hula hoops, and a mechanical bull will rev into action, bucking off one delighted rider after another.
The Man Behind Ethereum Is Worried About Crypto's Future | Andrew R. Chow/Denver | March 18, 2022 | TimeThey then stuck these chunks into hula hoops of DNA—called plasmids—and floated them into bacteria cells.
A New Gene Editing Tool Could Rival CRISPR, and Makes Millions of Edits at Once | Shelly Fan | May 11, 2021 | Singularity Hub
Stacked cylinders form a base beneath her feet and loosely roll about as she juggles objects and weaves in and out of hula-hoops.
Her kind-of-hula-dancing/kind-of-casting-a-spell hand choreography?
Best 2013 Oscar Moments: Red Carpet, Anne Hathaway & More (VIDEO) | Kevin Fallon | February 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST[ELLE UK] Chanel hula Hoop Makes Street Appearance: The Chanel hula Hoop has finally made its street-style debut.
Vittorio Missoni’s Bag Found in Caribbean; Charlie Sheen Paid for Lindsay Lohan’s Wardrobe Disaster | The Fashion Beast Team | February 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the Chanel hula Hoop bag appears at New York Fashion Week.
Vittorio Missoni’s Bag Found in Caribbean; Charlie Sheen Paid for Lindsay Lohan’s Wardrobe Disaster | The Fashion Beast Team | February 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat results in Ed Henry hula dancing on-air and other fluff segments.
Lindsey Graham on Bracing for 2012 and More Sunday Talk | The Daily Beast Video | January 2, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTYoungsters are taught everything from the hula, hat-weaving and coconut crafts to the Hawaiian alphabet song.
Oahu Traveler's guide | Bill GleasnerThe hula pa-hua was a dance of the classical times that has long been obsolete.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii | Nathaniel Bright EmersonBoth olapa and hoopaa took part in the performance of this hula.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii | Nathaniel Bright EmersonOf the 262 hula performances listed for exhibition, some 30 were of the hula ku'i.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii | Nathaniel Bright EmersonAmi (-mi)--to bend; a bodily motion used in the hula (note, p. 202).
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii | Nathaniel Bright Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for hula
hula-hula
/ (ˈhuːlə) /
a Hawaiian dance performed by a woman
Origin of hula
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