snake dance

1. 1.

   a group advancing in a single-file serpentine path

   Broaderfile
2. 2.

   a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked

   Broaderritual dancing

   United States

Questions about snake dance

What does snake dance mean?

snake dance means "a group advancing in a single-file serpentine path". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is snake dance a common word?

snake dance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.