dirty dance in English

Forms: dirty dances [present, singular, third-person], dirty dancing [participle, present], dirty danced [participle, past], dirty danced [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb}} dirty dance (third-person singular simple present dirty dances, present participle dirty dancing, simple past and past participle dirty danced)

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    {
      "form": "dirty dancing",
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    {
      "form": "dirty danced",
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    {
      "form": "dirty danced",
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        "To engage in a sexually provocative dance; to striptease."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The young women gave him the excitement of his life when they began to dirty dance with him on the dance floor."
        }
      ],
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        "To engage in an up-close-and-personal style of dancing, often with the goal of sexually enticing one's partner."
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  "word": "dirty dance"
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      "form": "dirty dances",
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      "form": "dirty dancing",
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    },
    {
      "form": "dirty danced",
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        "past"
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      "glosses": [
        "To engage in a sexually provocative dance; to striptease."
      ],
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          "provocative",
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          "text": "The young women gave him the excitement of his life when they began to dirty dance with him on the dance floor."
        }
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        "To engage in an up-close-and-personal style of dancing, often with the goal of sexually enticing one's partner."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dirty dance"
}

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"dirty dance" meaning in English

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