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Lindy hop

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An American form of dance, from the 1920s, accompanied by jazz music.

    "The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Lindy Hop. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    Alternative form of Lindy Hop. alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh) wordnet

Etymology

From Lindy + hop, after US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh who “hopped” the Atlantic in 1927.

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