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- Definitions starting with A: aunty Entry: /áhnti/ n. 1. Obs? [US a colored woman DAE; SA idem; cf. Réunion Cr. Fr. tãtin idem (Chaudenson 1974:100)] a term of address to any ...
- Definitions starting with A: ax Entry: /aks/ [Atlantic; OED ask "Old English acsian, axian ask survived in ax, down to nearly 1600 the regular literary form, and still used everywhere in ...
- Definitions starting with B: baller Entry: [cf. BALL 2 and OED obs., baller one who takes part in a ball; note also "Balum Rancum. A hop or dance, where the women ...
- Definitions starting with B: Bellaby Entry: /bélabi/ [cf. 1811 DVT Barnaby an old dance to a quick movement, possibly converging with African words, e.g. Kongo (e)bwela type of dance, mbele a ...
- Definitions starting with B: big-ring play Entry: [Cf. RING-PLAY] n. singing games performed while standing in a large circle: The Lodge Hall . . was the scene of dances and "big-ring plays" ...
- Definitions starting with B: boogie (1) Entry: [Probably the convergence of two words of different origin, one meaning 'devil' and the other 'dance'. For the first, cf. OED Bogy the devil (probably ...
- Definitions starting with B: Boy Bookie slide Entry: [cf. B'O', BOOKY] n., Obs. a dance popular in the 1930's: 1976 Sweating dancers doing the "Boy Bookie slide" (Eneas 33) ...
- Definitions starting with D: devil dance Entry: [W Car.; cf. US Black devil dancing dancing as an expression of animal spirits vs. holy dancing WSC; probably an old term: cf. Brit. dial. ...
- Definitions starting with D: different Entry: [Prov. idem (Washabaugh 1980:29); from difference, construed as a pl.] n. difference: 1966 The king don't know the different of the gold from ivory (Crowley ...
- Definitions starting with M: make your break Entry: cf. Trin, make yuh play do what you have to do (Ottley 18)] phr. to seize an opportunity to do what one has been wanting ...
- Definitions starting with H: hully-gully Entry: [probably from the title of a popular song, itself possibly akin to US dial. South hulgul a children's game WSC] n. young people who wear ...
- Definitions starting with Q: quadrille Entry: /kwadríl/ [Vir. idem (Roy); OED → 1862] n. a folk dance performed by sets of couples: 1978 Quadrille. . .[done to] the heel-and-toe polka, the ...
- Definitions starting with Z: zine dance Entry: [cf. Common Bantu *-díán- dance, e.g., Tonga -zyana (Carter p.c.)] n. an ancient dance connected with OBEAH, done naked around a fire. cf. FIRE DANCE, ...
- Definitions starting with K: kindoiah Entry: [cf. Kongo nkhiindu noise, riot (Carter p.c.)] n., Obs. a word of unknown meaning, chanted at a FIRE DANCE: 1891 The company clap their hands ...