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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.

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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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Other Word Forms

• line dancer
  noun

Example Sentences

In the community centre, a group of mainly elderly people are talking and laughing and being led in a line dance to the song Candy by Cameo.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

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

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2023

If you’re lucky, you’ll learn a new line dance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Some experts say it resembles the Madison, a 1950s and ’60s line dance, or ’70s disco dances like the car wash and the hustle.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

It’s the theater boys—Simon, Martin, Cal, and a few others—and they’re doing what appears to be a country western line dance.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli