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CONGA
conga
(noun) a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file
conga
(noun) music composed for dancing the conga
conga
(verb) dance the conga
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
conga (plural congas)
a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin
a march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain
Verb
conga (third-person singular simple present congas, present participle congaing, simple past and past participle congaed)
To dance the conga.
Anagrams
• Cogan
Source: Wiktionary
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