devil dancing

English

Alternative forms
  • devil-dancing

Noun

devil dancing (uncountable)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) Risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see devil,‎ dancing.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 33:
      By that sect the devils were thought cruel, revengeful, capricious, and only able to be appeased by blood sacrifices and devil-dancing.

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