Definition of "war dance" []

• A tribal dance performed before a battle or as a celebration after a victory. (noun)

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• "Just two minutes later, running into Grayling, we saw a character doing a sort of war dance on the pavement and flagging us down with a furiously waving brief-case of sorts held in his right hand."
• "Christians were called, came now to warn the Pale-faces and tell them that Philip was gathering his braves, and that he had held a war dance lasting for several weeks."