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Snake Dance

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Noun

1. snake dance

a group advancing in a single-file serpentine path

2. snake dance

a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Snake Dance

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noun
1. 
a ceremonial dance, performed by the priests of the American Hopi people, in which live snakes are held in the mouth
2. 
a. 
the swaying movements of snakes responding to a snake charmer
b. 
a Hindu dance in which performers imitate such snake movements

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Snake Dance

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1. 
a ceremonial dance by American Indians involving the handling, imitation, etc. of snakes; esp., a ceremony performed every two years by the Hopi Indians, in which live rattlesnakes are handled
2. 
an informal parade in which those taking part move along behind each other in a long, winding line

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Snake Dance

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n.
1. A ceremonial dance of the Hopi in which the dancers traditionally carry live snakes in their mouths.
2. A procession of people who join hands and move forward in a zigzag line.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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