"fan dance" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-fan dance.ogg [Australia] Forms: fan dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fan dance (plural fan dances)
  1. (performing arts) A dance performance incorporating the artful use of fans. Derived forms: fan dancer
    Sense id: en-fan_dance-en-noun-PmgHcQdn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 46 6 6
  2. (performing arts) A stage performance or striptease in which a female entertainer disrobes while dancing with large hand-held fans that are alternately used to conceal and provide glimpses of her erogenous body regions. Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-fan_dance-en-noun-vbcxnTlT Disambiguation of Dances: 30 38 5 27 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: 41 46 6 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 58 5 5 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 61 6 5
  3. (idiomatic, by extension) The incremental disclosure of tantalizing bits of information. Tags: broadly, idiomatic Synonyms (incremental disclosure of information): dance of the seven veils
    Sense id: en-fan_dance-en-noun-K-Nwkpzg Disambiguation of 'incremental disclosure of information': 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fan-dance

Verb

Audio: en-au-fan dance.ogg [Australia] Forms: fan dances [present, singular, third-person], fan dancing [participle, present], fan danced [participle, past], fan danced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} fan dance (third-person singular simple present fan dances, present participle fan dancing, simple past and past participle fan danced)
  1. To perform such a dance.
    Sense id: en-fan_dance-en-verb-e32IN3tu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fan-dance

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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