"pole dance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pole dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pole dance (plural pole dances)
  1. A form of dancing and acrobatics centred on a pole, practiced as a gymnastic or erotic activity. Related terms: dance pole (english: the pole around which a pole dance is performed) Translations (dancing centred around a pole): paaldans (Afrikaans), 鋼管舞 (Chinese Mandarin), 钢管舞 (gāngguǎnwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tankotanssi (Finnish), pole dance [feminine] (French), danse à la barre verticale [feminine] (French), danse à la barre [feminine] (French), barre verticale [feminine] (French), Poledance [masculine] (German), Stangentanz [masculine] (German), rúdtánc (Hungarian), ポールダンス (pōrudansu) (Japanese), 폴 댄스 (pol daenseu) (Korean), 기둥춤 (gidungchum) [North-Korea] (Korean), баганатай бүжиг (baganataj büžig) (Mongolian), pole dance [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), dança do cano [feminine] (Portuguese), dança do poste [feminine] (Portuguese), та́нец на пило́не (tánec na pilóne) [masculine] (Russian), шестово́й та́нец (šestovój tánec) [masculine] (Russian), baile del caño (Spanish), baile en barra [masculine] (Spanish), barra americana [feminine] (Spanish), baile de barra [masculine] (Spanish), baile del tubo [masculine] (Spanish), direk dansı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pole_dance-en-noun-ej4ZhE2C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Verb

Forms: pole dances [present, singular, third-person], pole dancing [participle, present], pole danced [participle, past], pole danced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} pole dance (third-person singular simple present pole dances, present participle pole dancing, simple past and past participle pole danced)
  1. To perform a pole dance. Categories (topical): Dances Derived forms: pole dancer, pole dancing
    Sense id: en-pole_dance-en-verb-qNRItpHE Disambiguation of Dances: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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