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devil dancing

devil dancing noun: risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.

Noun

devil dancing (uncountable)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) Risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.
  2. The performance of a devil dance.
    • By that sect the devils were thought cruel, revengeful, capricious, and only able to be appeased by blood sacrifices and devil-dancing.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 33

Forms of devil dancing

alternative formdevil-dancing

Questions about devil dancing

What does devil dancing mean?
Devil dancing means risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.
What part of speech is devil dancing?
Devil dancing is a noun.

Words near devil dancing in the dictionary

  1. devil chase
  2. devil dance
  3. devil dancer
  4. devil dancers
  5. devil dances
  6. devil dancing
  7. devil devil
  8. devil devils
  9. devil dodger
  10. devil dodgers
  11. devil dog

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