fan dance
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fan dance
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Music was blasting from a speaker under the low trees where a troop of elderly ladies were choreographing a fan dance routine.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Ultimately, Mr. McConnell agreed to devising a procedural fan dance: A handful of Republican senators will help provide the 60 votes needed to create a one-time fast-track process to raise the debt ceiling.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
The same friend later posted photos of herself and a Han Chinese woman doing a Chinese fan dance, playing the drums and wearing traditional Han clothing.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2018
Dean’s choreographer, Tamarie Cooper, has created original musical numbers for the production, including a ravishing fan dance with baby-food jars and a soldierly march using buckets and squeegees.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 7, 2017
Vera Mason borrowed one of Robin’s kimonos and a fan and performed a Japanese fan dance.
From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Pauline Lester
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