pole dance

pole dance (plural pole dances)

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

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

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

1. 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.

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