Meaning of dingolay | Babel Free

Definitions

To perform a kind of lively dance with hand movements.

Caribbean, intransitive

Examples

“Believe⟳ me, friends, if I were King / I'd marry⟳ any woman and give⟳ her a ring⟳, / I wouldn't give⟳ a damn what the people say⟳ / So long as she can wash⟳, cook⟳, and dingolay. [Commenting on the abdication of Edward VIII.]”

“Hands clapped, feet tapped, bodies dingolayed.”

“"Madam, we have⟳ a way to say⟳ when somebody can walk⟳ well, we say⟳ they dingolay well." Pamela laughed. "You mean⟳ that Don … can dingolay well," Lalaja laughed.”

“All he did was duck, and there he was, in Brazil, serenading in the moonlight, and round the campfire some women dancing samba and the music hot like⟳ fire. And everybody dingolaying. And same time somebody calling him, "Come⟳, come⟳. Trinidad on fire."”

“Inez come⟳ leh we jam for Crop Over Festival, come⟳ leh we dingolay”

“The crowd was wild as she "dingolayed" to get⟳ the attention of the male lead⟳ singer.”

“It is this creature [the human being], peculiarly constituted and uniquely called, that God dingolays and improvises with, in order⟳ to draw⟳ the created order⟳ toward its liberating telos. Human dingolaying in the image of God, participating in the divine melody, is a cultural task; it is a task for theologians and laypersons from every cultural context, [...]”

“Lichorich put⟳ on a performance that antagonised the crowd, who shouted profanities as he constantly dingolayed around the ring⟳ in a bid to avoid⟳ confrontation with Ralph.”

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