"line dance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: line dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} line dance (plural line dances)
  1. A dance in which a group of people perform the same dance moves synchronously while in one or more lines. Wikipedia link: line dance Categories (topical): Dances Synonyms: linedance, line-dance Translations (synchronised group dance): danse en ligne [feminine] (French), Linedance [masculine] (German)

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Alternative forms

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