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slam-dance

slam-dance is the alternative form of slam dance.

Meaning of slam dance

Noun

slam dance (countable and uncountable, plural slam dances)

  1. A form of dancing, chiefly associated with punk rock and heavy metal music, where participants intentionally collide with each other.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To participate in slam dance.
    • The loopy hardcore wham of “Apeman Hop,” complete with dopey jungle noises and Tarzan yells, will also have you slamdancing with a smile.1986 June 17, David Fricke, “Animal Boy”, in Rolling Stone
    Synonyms:
    slam, mosh

Synonyms of slam-dance

Forms of slam-dance

Noun
pluralslam-dances
Verb
third-person singular presentslam-dances
present participleslam-dancing
past participleslam-danced
pastslam-danced

Questions about slam-dance

What does slam-dance mean?
Slam-dance means to participate in slam dance.
What is slam-dance the alternative form of?
Slam-dance is the alternative form of slam dance.
What part of speech is slam-dance?
Slam-dance is a verb.
What is the past tense of slam-dance?
The past tense of slam-dance is slam-danced.

Words near slam-dance in the dictionary

  1. slam-banged
  2. slam-banging
  3. slam-bangs
  4. slam-clicker
  5. slam-clickers
  6. slam-dance
  7. slam-danced
  8. slam-dancer
  9. slam-dances
  10. slam-dancing
  11. slam-door

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slam-dance (page history and authors); slam dance (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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