circle pit

cir·cle pit
US, UK/ˈsɜɹkəl ˌpɪt/

noun

A dance at a concert where participants mosh in a circular path, leaving the centre clear.

Meanings

nouncircle pit (plural circle pits)

plural circle pits

  1. danceA dance at a concert where participants mosh in a circular path, leaving the centre clear.
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    Call Me in the Morning also fuses old and new, referencing the Rolling Stones' Paint It Black while swimming in Auto-Tune. The circle pit then swirls anew for Open the Till, which features a yellable chorus and more gnomic Skinnerisms. "You make ends meet," he [Mike Skinner] notes, "then they move the ends."

    2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019

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Chicago

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