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hula

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hu·la  (hl) also hu·la-hu·la (hl-hl)
n.
A Polynesian dance characterized by undulating hips, miming movements of the arms and hands, and usually accompanied by rhythmic drumbeats and chants.

[Hawaiian.]

hula
Noun
a Hawaiian dance performed by a woman [Hawaiian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hulahula - a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman
rain dance - a ritual dance intended to bring rain


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The hulk of an ancient wreck burned with blue fires, in the light of which danced the HULA dancers to the barbaric love-calls of the singers, who chanted to tinkling UKULELES and rumbling tom-toms.
And when she strummed the guitar and sang liquid, velvety Hawaiian hulas, he sat entranced.
Saxon was genuinely shocked when some of them, even the more matronly, danced hulas on the sand.
 
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