snake dance

/sneɪk dæns/
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Other forms: snake dances

Definitions of snake dance
  1. noun
    a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked
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    type of:
    ceremonial dance, ritual dance, ritual dancing
    a dance that is part of a religious ritual
  2. noun
    a group advancing in a single-file serpentine path
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    type of:
    Indian file, file, single file
    a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
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