From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhulahu‧la /ˈhuːlə/ noun [singular] APDa Polynesian dance done by women using gentle movements of the hips
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hula• I never found any hula girls.• A 72-90 record like the Astros posted a year ago leaves nobody feeling much like dancing the hula.• Cybil was twisting Paw-paw so that the lower half of the body was doing the hula.• Wavesliding, he'enalu, was to water what the hula, the dance of love, was to land.Origin hula (1800-1900) Hawaiian 