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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