sword dancing

1. 1.

   any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air

   Synonymssword dance

   Broaderfolk dancing

Questions about sword dancing

What does sword dancing mean?

sword dancing means "any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air".

What is another word for sword dancing?

Close synonyms include sword dance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sword dancing a common word?

sword dancing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.