Dancehall

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A public hall for dancing. countable

    "Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs."

  2. 2
    A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae. uncountable

    "It sounded Jamaican to me, a form of dancehall, and […] I wandered over and watched the dancing."

Example

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"Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs."

Etymology

From dance + hall.

Related phrases

taxi dance halldance music

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