dad dancer

dad dan·cer

noun

Someone who practises, or is regarded as engaging in, dad dancing.

Meanings

noundad dancer (plural dad dancers)

plural dad dancers

  1. Someone who practises, or is regarded as engaging in, dad dancing.

    I gather that he was a bit of a “dad dancer” – embarrassing on his feet, seeming old before his time. […] The moral of the story is to be aware of dad-dancing, or the display of any other behavioural oddities, when you first meet.

    2009 April 16, “How bad dancing can ruin your love life”, in The Times, London
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APA

dad dancer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dad%20dancer

MLA

“dad dancer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dad%20dancer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dad dancer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dad%20dancer.

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