dance-off
- noun
- /ˈdænsˌɔf/
- Look, all I'm saying is don't challenge me to a dance-off.
- Pants-off dance-off
OK, so everyone has agreed it's going to be a dance off.
- OK, so everyone has agreed it's going to be a dance off.
- I was in a real like Jets and Sharks, West Side Story dance off.
- You know, I keep whipping your ass at these dance offs.
Examples
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Maizie won the dance-off against her competitors with her impressive moves.
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Maizie won the dance off.
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- We're going to the mid western private school dance off.
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You were on Celebrity Dance Off.
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-Have you ever done a dance-off before?
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Mom, the dance-off is in two days.
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Are you excited for the dance-off?
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When are we having this dance-off?
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You wanna have a dance-off?
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Here the Middle School Rebels beat me in a dance-off.
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Etymology
The word dance-off is a modern compound of dance and the ending -off, where -off shows a 'contest', as in face-off or playoff. So a dance-off is a dancing competition to decide who is the best dancer.