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dance floor

British  

noun

    1. an area of floor in a disco, etc, where patrons may dance

    2. ( as modifier )

      dance-floor music

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Her first single, 1982’s “Everybody,” encouraged a similar blind devotion to the dance floor, hitting the booming New York club scene just as the city was recovering from one of its most tumultuous decades.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

The dance floor informs both the structure of the production and the record’s lyrical concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

As a DJ, I obviously have to end my night on the dance floor.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Twentysomethings clad in Deftones and Pikachu tees, Dodgers caps, and beaded bracelets joined the procession, snaking from the dance floor through the bar area and back down again.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

Salvador grabbed Lupita by the wrist and pulled her out of the anteroom to the very edge of the dance floor.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

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