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  • line dance
    line dance
    noun
    a dance to country music in which dancers line up in a row without partners and follow a choreographed pattern of steps.
  • line-dance
    line-dance
    verb (used without object)
    to participate in a line dance.

line dance

1 American  

noun

  1. a dance to country music in which dancers line up in a row without partners and follow a choreographed pattern of steps.

  2. a dance performed by a line of people.


line-dance 2 American  
[lahyn-dans] / ˈlaɪnˌdæns /

verb (used without object)

line-danced, line-dancing
  1. to participate in a line dance.


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The Duffys may line dance through Texas, but you will learn more about that state’s history and culture by watching “Landman” or “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.”

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

She also attended a dance party at Edenwald, in which 15 or so Goucher students taught the retirees a line dance to “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Arnaz gained celebrity as the American popularizer of the conga, an Afro Cuban line dance that his father had once tried to ban.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2025

The song came with its own signature line dance inspired by the Chicago stepping movement.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2023

In the engine room below, it sounded like Leo and the others were doing an Irish line dance with anvils tied to their feet.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Price got into the sex-education field after years as a high school teacher and a second career as both an aerobics and line-dance instructor and a writer on health and fitness.

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2022

They line-dance to a Blondie song at the local bar.

From Seattle Times Nov. 3, 2021

Will people learn line-dance moves from an anime?

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2020

As hip-hop blared over the speakers, groups of women gleefully line-danced to Ciara and Missy Elliot tunes under giant American flags.

From Salon Nov. 6, 2024

The girls curtsied and line-danced in their party dresses.

From Washington Post Dec. 15, 2015

The air smelled of spruce, and women in rubber muck boots line-danced in the frozen parking lot.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2013

The bar’s patrons line-danced in the street — forcing the police to shut down Halsted and re-route C.T.A. buses around Greektown — to celebrate the Greek team’s 2004 European soccer championship.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2010

From New York City to Chicago to Portland, bars are hosting line-dancing events and live music performances that draw patrons dressed in cowboy boots, Wranglers and the occasional Stetson.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

There was one exception, says Cragg, in the form of line-dancing pop behemoth Steps.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2023

Released on Feb. 3, it already has two singles - the line-dancing upbeat country number "Giddy Up!" and the aspirational and catchy "Waking Up Dreaming."

From Reuters Feb. 7, 2023

Four dozen people played bingo in one room while another two dozen people paced through a line-dancing class.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2023

Everyone had followed Travolta instead, to “Urban Cowboy” and line-dancing around mechanical bulls.

From Washington Post Aug. 9, 2022

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