sky-dance

noun

An aerial territorial display

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Meanings

nounsky-dance (plural sky-dances)

plural sky-dances · alternative skydance · alternative sky dance

  1. An aerial display flown by some birds
    1. biologyAn aerial territorial display
    2. biologyAn aerial courtship display
    3. biologyAn aerial pair-bond display flown by bonded-pairs of birds
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sky, dance.
verbsky-dance (third-person singular simple present sky-dances, present participle sky-dancing, simple past and past participle sky-danced)

present singular third person sky-dances · participle present sky-dancing · participle past sky-danced · past sky-danced · alternative skydance · alternative sky dance

  1. To perform a sky-dance

Origin

sky + dance

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APA

sky-dance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sky-dance

MLA

“sky-dance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sky-dance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sky-dance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sky-dance.

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