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T-dance

T-dance is the alternative form of tea dance.

Meaning of tea dance

Noun

tea dance (plural tea dances)

  1. (dated) A late afternoon or early evening dance, typically with a live orchestra (often referred to as a palm court orchestra) playing light classical music.
    • Since the 1970s, gay-oriented tea dances have been popular with the gay community.
  2. (Canada, US) Any late afternoon or early evening dance, especially one similar to nightclub dancing that would usually be held later at night.

Forms of T-dance

pluralT-dances

Questions about T-dance

What is T-dance the alternative form of?
T-dance is the alternative form of tea dance.

Words near T-dance in the dictionary

  1. t-conorms
  2. t-crosser
  3. t-crossers
  4. T-cushion
  5. T-cushions
  6. T-dance
  7. T-dances
  8. T-Day
  9. T-Days
  10. t-dick
  11. t-dicks

Source and license

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