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slamdance

slamdance is the alternative form of slam dance.

slamdance 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.

Meaning of slam-dance

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

Forms of slamdance

Noun
pluralslamdances
Verb
third-person singular presentslamdances
present participleslamdancing
past participleslamdanced
pastslamdanced

Questions about slamdance

What is slamdance the alternative form of?
Slamdance is the alternative form of slam dance.

Words near slamdance in the dictionary

  1. slambanged
  2. slambanging
  3. slambangs
  4. slambook
  5. slambooks
  6. slamdance
  7. slamdanced
  8. slamdancer
  9. slamdancers
  10. slamdances
  11. slamdancing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slamdance (page history and authors); 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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