Meanings
noundirty dancing (uncountable)
- uncountableA morally unclean, indecent or sexually provocative style of dancing; a striptease.
Synonyms: bump and grind, striptease
- uncountableA style of dance for a man and a woman, involving close contact and sexually provocative body movements.
The elderly woman was offended when she saw the young couple performing dirty dancing on the dance floor at the reception.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dirty dance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA morally unclean, indecent or sexually provocative style of dancing; a striptease.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dirty dancing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirty%20dancing.
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