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dirty dancing

dirty dancing noun: a morally unclean, indecent or sexually provocative style of dancing; a striptease. Also the present participle and gerund of dirty dance.

Noun

dirty dancing (uncountable)

  1. A morally unclean, indecent or sexually provocative style of dancing; a striptease.
  2. A style of dance for a man and a woman, involving close contact and sexually provocative body movements.
    • The elderly woman was offended when she saw the young couple performing dirty dancing on the dance floor at the reception.

Also used as

dirty dancing is also the present participle and gerund of dirty dance.

Synonyms of dirty dancing

Questions about dirty dancing

What does dirty dancing mean?
Dirty dancing means a morally unclean, indecent or sexually provocative style of dancing; a striptease.
What part of speech is dirty dancing?
Dirty dancing is a noun.

Words near dirty dancing in the dictionary

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  3. dirty dance
  4. dirty danced
  5. dirty dances
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  7. dirty delete
  8. dirty deleted
  9. dirty deletes
  10. dirty deleting
  11. dirty down

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