lindy

American  

[lin-dee] / ˈlɪn di /

Or Lindy

noun

lindies plural

1. Also called lindy hop,.  Also called Lindy Hop.  an energetic jitterbug dance.

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verb (used without object)

lindied, lindying

1. to dance the lindy.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• lindies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of lindy

First recorded in 1930–35; probably from nickname of Charles A. Lindbergh

Example Sentences

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lindy lindied lindying

In the nearly two-hour show, featuring Prince’s dance company, ZooNation, she draws on freestyle dance, salsa, lindy hop, street dance and other styles to bring to life 27 songs.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Earlier generations linked dances such as the lindy hop and the jitterbug to miscegenation and truancy and general wildness; they outlawed dancing altogether.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2020

Now 77, he was there that night in 1969, he said in a phone call, “dancing the lindy hop with my queer friends”.

From The Guardian ● May 8, 2016

"Love my new Breville and at half price wish i'd bought 2," gushes "lindy".

From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2013

Miss Josie was a terrific dancer, and she was teaching Laney how to lindy hop.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

She was a big, rough, strong gal, and she lindied like a bucking horse.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The crowd loved any way-out lindying style that made a colorful show like that.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

I felt her weakening, she was lindying like a fighter out on her feet, and we stumbled off to the sidelines.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

I’d been lindying previously only in cramped little apartment living rooms, and now I had room to maneuver.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey