Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Polynesian dance characterized by undulating hips, miming movements of the arms and hands, and usually accompanied by rhythmic drumbeats and chants.
Wiktionary
- n. A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman
Etymologies
- From Hawaiian hula (Wiktionary)
- Hawaiian. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“John Kaimikaua, a local Kumu Hula who gave me a crash course in hula's role in keeping Hawaii's oral tradition alive.”
“In hula kahiko," says Noenoelani Zuttermeister, a kumu hula who teaches at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, "a circular lei would be worn on top of the head, whereas in hula 'auana, the dancer may affix flowers to one side of the head.”
“According to this site, “The word hula became associated with the toy in the early 1800s when British sailors visited the Hawaiian Islands and noted the similarity between ‘hooping’ and hula dancing.””
“Each year the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, Hawai'i, showcases the best of the best in Hawaiian hula, which nowadays includes performances by hālau from overseas, where some of the top hālau have branches.”
“The weirdest part is that everyone joins right in hula hooping like every family does this every day of the year …” While Mesnick promptly lost in the big hoop challenge, what he and Sandy and others like her probably don’t know is former “Bachelor” Lieutenant Andy Baldwin is keeping himself busy getting school children hooping for their health.”
Hooping.org | Blog | The Bachelor: Be One With The Hula Hoop
“Here’s one option: finding instant gratification in hula hooping.”
Hooping.org | Blog | Capilano University Gets Hooping For Exercise
“In a recent online interview, Mr. Sandler called a hula scene the actresses performed for the film "an awesome sight.”
The Wall Street Journal: Movie Trailer Goes On Without Kidman
“Breast cancer survivor Candy Reid found [her] source of hope in a circle of tubing better known as the hula hoop.”
Hooping.org | Blog | Cancer Survivor Found Healing In The Hoop
“He did a wicked job, and the idea of hula hooping while doing the presentation was brilliant!”
“Well, in South Africa a teacher got caught up in an alleged vehicle insurance scam known as a hula hoop, which in his case went wrong and cost him his life.”
Hooping.org | Blog | Hula hoop took a deadly turn for teacher
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hula’.
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Mahalo Hawaiʻi
The triggerfish humuhumunukunukuapuaa belongs on this list too.
ʻokina, U+02BB, mahalo, aloha, nene, a'a, muumuu, Malia, Leilani, Laysan, Laysan duck, Lani and 123 more...
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Loanwords
Since English is littered with loanwords, everything could conceivably end up here. But there is a distinct feeling associated with these.. maybe they're young additions to the English language; I ...
iceberg, fjord, firth, abbey, abyss, anorak, apartheid, assassin, avalanche, avocado, balaclava, banana and 104 more...
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MUSIC - dance styles
A list generated by Phrontistery
http://phrontistery.info/dance.html
which I wanted to have along with my own lists on Wordnikallemande, beguine, bergamask, bolero, bossa-nova, boston, bourrée, bransle, buck-and-wing, cabriole, cakewalk, canary and 93 more...
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phrontistery - h
from phrontistery.info
habanera, habergeon, habilable, habilatory, habile, habiliment, habilitate, habromania, hachure, hackle, hackney, hadal and 568 more...
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Redundancing
The Moves. Do~do~ditty!
tango, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, foxtantino, hip hop, hustle, jive, merengue, two step, paso doble, quickstep and 219 more...
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Ula Ula
Words ending in -ula
radula, spatula, peninsula, hula, blastula, scoopula, nebula, scapula, scopula, tarantula, uvula, tentacula and 1 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (H)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
haberdashery, hailstone, halcyon, halibut, halo, hamadryad, hammock, harangue, harbour, harebell, harlequin, harp and 104 more...
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Tunie: Word Disassociation
(I'm fairly sure that I'm subverting the whole concept of the Tunie by listing this song. Subversion! Yes! HA HA HA HA! Mine is an evil laugh!!!)
Word Disassociation
antidisestablishm..., quickly, ruby, bionic, about, crouch, a cappella, imposter, flames, distraction, murderous, over and 181 more...
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One Left Footer's Manifesto
I was tragically born with an extra left foot. If I weren't so debilitated, this would be my to-do list.
cha cha, tango, waltz, fox trot, limbo, square dance, line dance, mosh, breakdance, pop and lock, robot, salsa and 98 more...
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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persnickety parlance
behoove, ebullient, insouciant, insipient, froth, quandary, quixotic, tendril, maktub, furrow, furl, anastrophe and 1076 more...
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Dance Magic Dance
Styles of dance
ballet, tango, waltz, salsa, polka, swing, charleston, foxtrot, jitterbug, tap, quickstep, mambo and 101 more...
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hoppestere
dancing on waves - a mysterious term of Chaucer that I can't bury or even embalm.
mudra, orchesis, poussette, gestic, reel, coupee, riffle, hula, allemande, pavan, pantomime, geisha and 21 more...
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padfoot's Words
Tweets
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