snake´-danc´er

snake dance,

1. U.S. an informal parade of persons dancing in a zigzag line in celebration, as of a victory or event: »

There were victory rallies and…snake dances on the Missouri campus (New Yorker).

2. a ceremonial dance of the Hopi Indians, in which the dancers carry live snakes as an offering to the rain gods.

snake-dance «SNAYK _DANS, -_DAHNS», intransitive verb, -danced, -danc|ing.

to do a snake dance.

–snake´-danc´er, noun.