Mexican hat dance

noun

1. a dance performed by couples, consisting of eight measures during which the dancers kick out each foot alternately, followed by eight more measures during which they swing around with interlocking arms.
2. a folk and courtship dance for a solo male around and on the brim of a Mexican sombrero.

Example Sentences

Rob Paulsen, the voice actor who plays the characters Yakko and Pinky, said he could still remember practicing for one of his earliest assignments on the show, a rapid-fire song about global geography set to the tune of “The Mexican Hat Dance.”

From New York Times

Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská won over the crowd by performing her floor routine to “The Mexican Hat Dance” and wound up sharing the gold medal with Larisa Petrik of the Soviet Union — but only after a puzzling, after-the-fact score revision.

From Washington Times

Now, aged 97, she recalls spending her VE Day entertaining the wounded in a Belgian hospital with performances of the tango and the Mexican hat dance.

From BBC

During her time in hiding, she lifted potato sacks to keep fit and substituted logs for beams to prepare for the games where her dominant performances and decision to use the Mexican Hat Dance as music for one of her routines won the adoration of the local fans.

From Reuters

“Sometimes ‘This Land is Your Land;’ ‘La Cucaracha,’ the Mexican hat dance; Bill Withers’ ‘Lean on Me.’

From Washington Times