pole dance

English

Pole dance

Noun

pole dance (plural pole dances)

A form of dancing and acrobatics centred on a pole, practiced as a gymnastic or erotic activity.

Related terms

dance pole (the pole around which a pole dance is performed)

Translations

dancing centred around a pole

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鋼管舞／钢管舞 (zh) (gāngguǎnwǔ)
Finnish: tankotanssi (fi)
French: pole dance (fr) f, danse à la barre verticale (fr) f, danse à la barre (fr) f, barre verticale (fr) f
German: Poledance m, Stangentanz m
Hungarian: rúdtánc (hu)
Japanese: ポールダンス (pōrudansu)
Korean: 폴 댄스 (pol daenseu)
Mongolian: баганатай бүжиг (baganataj büžig)
Portuguese: pole dance m (Brazil), dança do cano f, dança do poste f
Russian: та́нец на пило́не m (tánec na pilóne), шестово́й та́нец m (šestovój tánec)
Spanish: baile del caño, baile en barra m, barra americana f, baile de barra m, baile del tubo m
Turkish: direk dansı

Verb

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

To perform a pole dance.
- 2008, Andrea Gibson, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns, page 7:
  She pole-dances to gospel hymns.
- 2009, Becky A. Bartness, How to Lose a Client, page 133:
  You know, it's that workout program where you pole dance and prance around like a stripper.
- 2011, Anuvab Pal, 1888 Dial India:
  I read that Cornelius Vanderbilt used to go for long walks to think. I pole danced.
- 2012, Emmy Grace, A Place in This World, page A-70:
  Someone shouted from the background for them to pole dance.

Derived terms

pole dancer
pole dancing

Anagrams

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