war dance

noun

war dance

noun
1

Anthropology, Human sciences, Sciences A ceremonial dance performed before a major battle or after a victory, usually by a tribe.

  • There was a greyness in the east by the time we had completed the Navajo war dance on the front lawn.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 20:
Derived terms
weasel war dance

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