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Lindy Hop

noun

Etymology

From Lindy + hop, after US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh who “hopped” the Atlantic in 1927.

  1. derived from *kewb-✻ — “to bend, bow”
  2. inherited from *huppōną✻ — “to hop”
  3. inherited from *huppōn✻
  4. inherited from hoppian — “to hop, spring, leap, dance”
  5. inherited from hoppen
  6. compounded as lindy hop — “Lindy + hop”

Definitions

  1. An American form of dance, from the 1920s, accompanied by jazz music.

    • The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society.

  2. Alternative form of Lindy Hop.

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