"riverdance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: riverdances [plural]
Etymology: river + dance, originally the trademarked name of an interval performance act during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|river|dance}} river + dance Head templates: {{en-noun}} riverdance (plural riverdances)
  1. A theatrical show based on traditional Irish music and dance.
    Sense id: en-riverdance-en-noun-7u~xTx-g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 91 9

Verb

Forms: riverdances [present, singular, third-person], riverdancing [participle, present], riverdanced [participle, past], riverdanced [past]
Etymology: river + dance, originally the trademarked name of an interval performance act during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|river|dance}} river + dance Head templates: {{en-verb}} riverdance (third-person singular simple present riverdances, present participle riverdancing, simple past and past participle riverdanced)
  1. To perform this style of dance.
    Sense id: en-riverdance-en-verb-iu1KrbiH

Inflected forms

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