macarena

[mah-kuh-rey-nuh, ‐ren-uh]

noun

(often initial capital letter) a dance performed in a group line or solo and following a rhythmic pattern of arm, hand, and hip movements in time to a Spanish song.

Origin of macarena

1990–95; < Spanish: feminine of macareno boaster, braggart

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Examples from the Web for macarena

Contemporary Examples of macarena

They point out emergency exits by way of a quick round of the Macarena, and then we are on our way with the first course.
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Allison McNearney
September 26, 2014
Maria “Macarena” Paz, a Caracas engineer, is underwhelmed by this explanation.
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Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez
June 28, 2014
Also, and embarrassingly, LFO, Color Me Badd, and whoever it was that sang ‘Macarena.’
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Kevin Fallon
June 4, 2013
His followers were disappointed; they got Newt Gingrich and the Macarena instead.
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John Avlon
May 21, 2011

Historical Examples of macarena

Gallardo collected all his own and his wife's jewels to contribute to the Macarena's splendor.
The Blood of the Arena
Vicente Blasco Ibez
All the women from Triana and the Macarena are here, amusing themselves simply and quietly with a joyous decorum.
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C. Gasquoine Hartley
Her father, an old-time dealer in brandies, had left her two houses on the outskirts of Macarena.
The Blood of the Arena
Vicente Blasco Ibez
He had sent for the most influential brethren of the Macarena to explain to them that he would be in the procession.
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Vicente Blasco Ibez
He would drink the next day without fear, when the Macarena was left safe in her church.
The Blood of the Arena
Vicente Blasco Ibez