"chicken dance" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Categories (topical): Dances Translations (simple modern dance): Ententanz [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-chicken_dance-en-noun-b44vpupM Disambiguation of Dances: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'simple modern dance': 76 24
  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) Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-chicken_dance-en-noun-zYXHZ1Te Disambiguation of Dances: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 59

Inflected forms

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