pole dance

English

Pole dance

Noun

pole dance (plural pole dances)

1. 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

• Afrikaans: paaldans
• 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), 기둥춤 (gidungchum) (North Korea)
• Mongolian: баганатай бүжиг (baganataj büžig)
• Portuguese: pole dance (pt) 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)

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.

Derived terms

• pole dancer
• pole dancing

Anagrams

• dance pole, penal code