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pole dance

pole dance noun: a form of dancing and acrobatics centred on a pole, practiced as a gymnastic or erotic activity.

pole dance: a form of dancing and acrobatics centred on a pole, practiced as a gymnastic or erotic activity
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Noun

pole dance (plural pole dances)

  1. A form of dancing and acrobatics centred on a pole, practiced as a gymnastic or erotic activity.

Verb

pole dance (third-person singular simple present pole dances, present participle pole dancing, simple past and past participle pole danced)

  1. To perform a pole dance.
    • She pole-dances to gospel hymns.2008, Andrea Gibson, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns, page 7
    • You know, it's that workout program where you pole dance and prance around like a stripper.2009, Becky A. Bartness, How to Lose a Client, page 133

pole dance meaning in Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese

pole dance in Tamil

கழை

pole dance in Thai

dancing centred around a pole
เต้นรูดเสา

pole dance in Vietnamese

dancing centred around a pole
múa cột

Forms of pole dance

Noun
pluralpole dances
Verb
third-person singular presentpole dances
present participlepole dancing
past participlepole danced
pastpole danced

Words formed from pole dance

Questions about pole dance

What does pole dance mean?
Pole dance means a form of dancing and acrobatics centred on a pole, practiced as a gymnastic or erotic activity.
What is pole dance in Tamil?
Pole dance in Tamil is கழை. See Pole dance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pole dance?
Pole dance can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of pole dance?
The plural of pole dance is pole dances.

Words near pole dance in the dictionary

  1. pole charges
  2. pole cleaver
  3. pole cleavers
  4. pole corn
  5. pole corns
  6. pole dance
  7. pole danced
  8. pole dancer
  9. pole dancers
  10. pole dances
  11. pole dancing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pole dance (page history and authors); pole dance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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