conga line

conga line
a) A line of people dancing the conga.

It was a pity, Mel Bakersfeld reflected, that runway snow teams were not on more public view. . . . Airport men called the group a Conga Line.

b) 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 routes width in a single pass.

Plows, snowblowers and dump trucks have formed their winter conga lines, and most Montreal Island cities say theyll have streets and sidewalks cleared of snow by Thursday


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  • conga line — n. 1. a line of persons dancing the conga[2]. [PJC] 2. a line of persons similar to a {conga line[1]}. Sometimes used figuratively or humorously. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Conga line — A conga line being formed by some of the children at a swimming pool The conga line is a Cuban carnival march that was first developed in Cuba and became popular in the United States in the 1930s and 1950s. The dancers form a long, processing… …   Wikipedia

  • conga line — noun a line of people in single file performing the conga dance • Hypernyms: ↑line …   Useful english dictionary

  • conga line — /ˈkɒŋgə laɪn/ (say kongguh luyn) noun a line of people engaged in dancing the conga …  

  • conga line — noun Date: 1946 snake dance 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • conga — [käŋ′gə] n. [AmSp (danza)Conga, Congo (dance) < Sp Congo,CONGO: from the assumed Afr orig. of the dance] 1. a Latin American dance of African origin with a repeated pattern of three steps followed by a kick: the dancers typically form a… …   English World dictionary

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