SNAKE DANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snake dance mean? 

• SNAKE DANCE (noun)
  The noun SNAKE DANCE has 2 senses:

1. a group advancing in a single-file serpentine path

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

  Familiarity information: SNAKE DANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNAKE DANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group advancing in a single-file serpentine path

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("snake dance" is a kind of...):

file; Indian file; single file (a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("snake dance" is a kind of...):

ceremonial dance; ritual dance; ritual dancing (a dance that is part of a religious ritual)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)