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

Few knew each other before joining, but they now play pickleball, line dance and gather for game nights.

From Los Angeles Times

Arnaz gained celebrity as the American popularizer of the conga, an Afro Cuban line dance that his father had once tried to ban.

From Los Angeles Times

At the “pressure test” events, they lurk nearby, observing, but sometimes participating — Kelly will pole and line dance; London will get a tattoo.

From Los Angeles Times

At the station's festival, she grabbed the crowd's attention - whether by hurling herself around the stage with wild abandon, or body-popping with her keyboardist, or persuading several thousand 6 Music listeners to do a line dance during I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby!

From BBC