dirty dance

verb

To engage in a sexually provocative dance; to striptease.

“The young women gave him the excitement of his life when they began to dirty dance with him on the dance floor.”

Meanings

verbdirty dance (third-person singular simple present dirty dances, present participle dirty dancing, simple past and past participle dirty danced)

present singular third person dirty dances · participle present dirty dancing · participle past dirty danced · past dirty danced

  1. To engage in a sexually provocative dance; to striptease.
  2. To engage in an up-close-and-personal style of dancing, often with the goal of sexually enticing one's partner.

    The young women gave him the excitement of his life when they began to dirty dance with him on the dance floor.

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APA

dirty dance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirty%20dance

MLA

“dirty dance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirty%20dance. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dirty dance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirty%20dance.

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