gravedance
gravedance noun: a celebratory dance performed on a grave.
Noun
gravedance (plural gravedances)
- A celebratory dance performed on a grave.
- And to know them, you must know Black Jack Mojo, the gravedance runner.2000, Michael Rowe, Queer Fear: Gay Horror Fiction, →ISBN, page 140
- The celebration of a person's downfall.
- Internet Hindus and fans of Narendra Modi would bury you six feet under and do a gravedance on your grave with surreal pleasure!2013 April 8, Vembu, “No 'smoking gun' to prove Rajiv Gandhi was a middleman”, in Firstpost
- […] theory's endings are recurrent, multiple, and interminable, and that each proclamation of its passing, every mournful eulogy or triumphant gravedance, yields renewed and often powerful examinations of its powers, goals, histories, meanings, and values.2014, D. N. Rodowick, Elegy for Theory, →ISBN, page 207
Verb
gravedance (third-person singular simple present gravedances, present participle gravedancing, simple past and past participle gravedanced)
- Synonym of dance on someone's grave.
- Synonyms:
- dance on someone's grave
Synonyms of gravedance
Forms of gravedance
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gravedances |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gravedances |
| present participle | gravedancing |
| past participle | gravedanced |
| past | gravedanced |
Origin of gravedance
From grave + dance.
Questions about gravedance
- What does gravedance mean?
- Gravedance means a celebratory dance performed on a grave.
- What part of speech is gravedance?
- Gravedance can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of gravedance?
- The plural of gravedance is gravedances.
Words near gravedance in the dictionary
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