noun
Meaning 1
A line of people dancing the conga.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
conga line
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noun
Meaning 2
A succession of similar events, especially a quick, unstoppable, and/or comical succession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- The politician's vainglorious boasting was quickly followed by a conga line of embarrassing defeats.
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noun
Meaning 3
A moving formation of snowplows and/or similar equipment, arranged in a diagonal line across a multilane highway, airport runway, or other roadway, such that the snow from the first vehicle is passed to the second, and then from the second to third, and so on, thereby clearing much or all of the route's width in a single pass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Northern-US, figuratively
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noun
Meaning 4
a line of people in single file performing the conga dance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: line
History
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