macarena

American  

[mah-kuh-rey-nuh, ‑-ren-uh] / ˌmɑ kəˈreɪ nə, ‑ˈrɛn ə /

noun

1. (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.

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Etymology

Origin of macarena

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

Example Sentences

Sure, Neo nearly toppled over while closing the dishwasher, took two minutes to fold the shirt and twisted its arm attempting to dance the Macarena.

From The Wall Street Journal

They even let me drive—until I nearly dislocated Neo’s arm trying to make it do the Macarena.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Please send in the Marines before they start doing the Cha Cha and the Macarena!”

From Los Angeles Times

Mooney and co-writer Evan Winter fuse the “let’s throw a big party” plot formula to “The Terminator” for their “Y2K” script, but it also feels like they just wrote down everything they could remember from the late ’90s and threw it at the wall: Enron, the “Macarena,” PalmPilots, Limp Bizkit, the swing revival.

From Los Angeles Times

Payne was seen in a video shared on social media greeting fans at the concert, held at Movistar Arena — shaking hands with excited fans and playfully doing the macarena.

From Los Angeles Times