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conga lines

conga lines is the plural of conga line.

Meaning of conga line

Noun

conga line (plural conga lines)

  1. A line of people dancing the conga.
  2. (figuratively) A succession of similar events, especially a quick, unstoppable, and/or comical succession.
    • The politician's vainglorious boasting was quickly followed by a conga line of embarrassing defeats.
  3. (Canada, Northern-US, figuratively) A moving formation of snowplows and/or similar equipment, arranged in a diagonal line across a multilane highway, airport runway, or other roadway, such that the snow from the first vehicle is passed to the second, and then from the second to third, and so on, thereby clearing much or all of the route's width in a single pass.
    • It was a pity, Mel Bakersfeld reflected, that runway snow teams were not on more public view. . . . Airport men called the group a Conga Line.1968, Arthur Hailey, Airport, Doubleday, page 56

Questions about conga lines

What is conga lines the plural of?
Conga lines is the plural of conga line.

Words near conga lines in the dictionary

  1. cong you bing
  2. cong.
  3. conga
  4. conga drum
  5. conga line
  6. conga lines
  7. congaed
  8. congaing
  9. Congaree
  10. congas
  11. Congazcicul de Sus

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