line dance

noun

1

: contra dance sense 1

2

: a dance performed by a group usually in single file

3

: a dance in which the dancers stand in ranks while performing a particular set of steps in unison

line dancer noun

line dancing noun

Examples of line dance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hitting shoes became dancing shoes for Sujack, who started doing line dance steps outside the batter’s box that were matched by senior pitcher Hannah Wulf standing inside the dugout. —Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026

But line dances got danced, liquor got drunk, and the run of show got scrambled. —Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026

While the endurance did the same thing over and over, the dancers were tasked with new routines each week, from jazz to line dancing to square dancing. —Amanda Gardner, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026

On a crowded concourse in the middle of a Saturday morning two months before the start of the season, fans are chugging beers, scarfing Dodger dogs, and even doing a line dance. —Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for line dance

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