Definition of "sword dance" [sword dance]

• A dance performed with swords, especially one performed around swords laid on the ground. (noun)

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• "Itazura moved back one step, then came forward, snapping his wrists just enough to make the tip of his sword dance a small circle in the air as it connected with the tip of Gash’s, the colliding steel blades glistening under the streetlights, striking together with a high-pitched, deadly, almost musical shhhhkick!"