lindy hop
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Lindy Hop¹
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From Lindy + hop, after US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh who “hopped” the Atlantic in 1927.
noun Lindy Hops · lindy hop · Lindy hop · lindy-hop · lindyhop
- An American form of dance, from the 1920s, accompanied by jazz music. The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society.
Lindy hop²
noun Lindy hops
- Alternative form of Lindy Hop
lindy hop³
noun lindy hops
- Alternative form of Lindy Hop
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