Mexican hat dance

American  

noun

1. a dance performed by couples, consisting of eight measures during which the dancers kick out each foot alternately, followed by eight more measures during which they swing around with interlocking arms.

2. a folk and courtship dance for a solo male around and on the brim of a Mexican sombrero.

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Example Sentences

It suggests presenting folklore through Chinese tales; or, for music class, the Mexican hat dance.

From Time Magazine Archive

I became Alice Evans’s regular bathroom partner—we worked out a secret signal so that she wouldn’t have to do the Mexican hat dance anymore.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead