Mexican wave
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Mexican wave
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Popularised during the 1986 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico.
noun Mexican waves
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A phenomenon that primarily occurs at sports events, where the members of the crowd stand up and/or raise their hands in turn, creating the illusion of a wave passing through the crowd.
1995, Shane Cloude, An Introduction to Electromagnetic Wave Propagation & Antennas, Springer, 0-387-91501-X, pages 3–4,
This is an important idea and can best be illustrated by analogy with a Mexican wave. Although the Mexican wave seems to involve the coherent motion of a large number of people, it
Similar: audience wave, crowd wave, Kallang Wave, wave
verb Mexican waves · Mexican waving · Mexican waved
- To perform a Mexican wave.
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noun A phenomenon at sports events
| Español | la ola |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 人浪, 墨西哥人浪 |
| Português | ola |
| Français | hola, ola |
| Deutsch | La Ola, La-Ola-Welle |
| Italiano | ola |
verb to perform a Mexican wave
| Español | hacer la ola |
|---|---|
| Italiano | fare la ola |
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