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BELLY DANCING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does belly dancing mean?
• BELLY DANCING (noun)
The noun BELLY DANCING has 1 sense:
1. a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen
Familiarity information: BELLY DANCING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
belly dance; belly dancing; danse du ventre
Hypernyms ("belly dancing" is a kind of...):
choreography; stage dancing (a show involving artistic dancing)
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