lindy

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a fast, energetic dance popular during the late 1930s and 1940s, that includes some steps with a partner and some improvised steps (= invented at the time):

Lindy Hop started in Harlem, New York, when local dancers added to the popular Charleston with fast spins, cartwheels and jumps.

Swing dance includes the jitterbug, the jive, and the Lindy hop.

to dance a Lindy hop:

He wrote about flapper girls and Lindy hopping all night long.