hully gully

Or hul·ly·gul·ly

[huhl-ee guhl-ee]

noun

1. a dance that is a modification of the frug.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hully gully¹

First recorded in 1960–65; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Many, many American dances are woven into this tapestry, including the Hully Gully, the Shim Sham, the Electric Slide and the more recent Cupid Shuffle, which began in the hip-hop world before gliding over to the vest-and-boots crowd in country-dancing clubs.

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“Okay, ladies,” said Mrs. Atanabi, clapping her hands and motioning for us to walk toward her, “everybody on the dance floor, please! Take your positions. Everybody spread out. So what we’re going to do today is, I’m going to show you a couple of different dances from the sixties that I’d like you to try. The twist. The Hully Gully. And the mambo. Just those three. Sound good?”

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“And you can’t just win a game on hully gully.”

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“It was hully gully or whatever you want to call it,” Rivers said.

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Chicest at the moment is a crowded hole in Montparnasse called New Jimmy's, where Novelist Francoise Sagan and cinema's Roger Vadim, Jacques Charrier and Jane Fonda turn up to Hully Gully.

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