Etymology

lindy hop

Today it means: An American form of dance, from the 1920s, accompanied by jazz music. Full definition →

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The story

From Lindy + hop, after US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh who “hopped” the Atlantic in 1927.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.