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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

Several survivors — the same ones who were dancing a line dance when the shooting began — will perform a similar routine at the dinner.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2024

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

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2023

But these viewers move, too, encouraged by the D.J. to join the standing folks in a simple line dance, picking up the moves from cast members spread throughout the theater on more platforms and catwalks.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023

In the engine room below, it sounded like Leo and the others were doing an Irish line dance with anvils tied to their feet.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan