riverdance

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noun

A theatrical show based on traditional Irish music and dance.

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Meanings

nounriverdance (plural riverdances)

plural riverdances

  1. A theatrical show based on traditional Irish music and dance.
verbriverdance (third-person singular simple present riverdances, present participle riverdancing, simple past and past participle riverdanced)

present singular third person riverdances · participle present riverdancing · participle past riverdanced · past riverdanced

  1. To perform this style of dance.

    And in a burst of Celtic drums and fiddles, a bosomy colleen with a jaunty green hat and suit jacket riverdanced onto the stage, clogging with a surprising degree of expertise, barely restrained breasts jiggling.

    2014, Jeff Abbott, Cut and Run

Origin

From river + dance, originally the trademarked name of an interval performance act during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.

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APA

riverdance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riverdance

MLA

“riverdance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riverdance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “riverdance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riverdance.

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