"chicken dance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chicken dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chicken dance (plural chicken dances)
  1. (preceded by definite article) A simple modern dance, performed to a version of Werner Thomas's Bird Song or Birdie Song, in which certain moves mimic the movements of a chicken. Translations (simple modern dance): danse des canards [feminine] (French), Ententanz [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-chicken_dance-en-noun-b44vpupM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Dances Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Dances: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'simple modern dance': 79 21
  2. Ellipsis of prairie chicken dance (“traditional Native American dance”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: prairie chicken dance (extra: traditional Native American dance)
    Sense id: en-chicken_dance-en-noun-zYXHZ1Te Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Dances Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Dances: 46 54

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