Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A building or part of a building with facilities for dancing.
  • noun A style of reggae music that incorporates hip-hop and rhythm and blues elements.

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  • noun a public hall for dancing
  • noun a type of Jamaican entertainment (see Wikipedia)
  • noun a reggae dance style; ragga

Etymologies

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dance +‎ hall

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Examples

  • The hits and trends in dancehall reggae churn so rapidly that it's easy to miss them if you aren't involved in the scene.

    Going Out Guide: Nightlife agenda Post 2010

  • The hits and trends in dancehall reggae churn so rapidly that it's easy to miss them if you aren't involved in the scene.

    Going Out Guide: Nightlife agenda Going Out Guide 2010

  • The hits and trends in dancehall reggae churn so rapidly that it's easy to miss them if you aren't involved in the scene.

    Nightlife Agenda Fritz Hahn 2010

  • It is such a gem and he manages to have the audience mutter in support as Antoinette declares that she could use one of those evenings of dance in the reggae dancehall, when the dancehall is a holy place.

    Calabash, The Third Day : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • Kartel favors the beat-driven fusion of reggae and rap known as dancehall that has stoked controversy across the Caribbean.

    unknown title 2009

  • Zeebo and Roots skipped and hopped in a rub-a-dub dancehall style while bassist Ashish Vyas bounced and shimmied across the stage.

    PopMatters 2009

  • I mean, they're kind of - they're kind of dancehall, kind of coarse kind of lyrics.

    Good Gourds on 'Heavy Ornamentals' 2006

  • Live Loving, in the late '70s heralded the coming of the "dancehall" style that soon eclipsed roots reggae.

    ! Exclaim.ca - News 2010

  • Models in fiery red wigs wore adventurous layered outfits from which inspiration was drawn from her dual Jamaican/British heritage and musical styles such as dancehall, jazz and flamenco.

    Londonist Suke 2010

  • In successfully arguing Cunningham's case for asylum, Weinberg also said Jamaica's sodomy laws banning sex between men and "dancehall" music - whose lyrics often advocate violence against gays - made life for Cunningham unbearable.

    unknown title 2009

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