snake dancen.1. A ceremonial dance of the Hopi in which the dancers traditionally carry live snakes in their mouths.2. A procession of people who join hands and move forward in a zigzag line.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.snake dance n 1. (Dancing) a ceremonial dance, performed by the priests of the American Hopi Indians, in which live snakes are held in the mouth 2. (Dancing) a. the swaying movements of snakes responding to a snake charmerb. a Hindu dance in which performers imitate such snake movements Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014snake? dance` n. 1. any of various ceremonial dances of American Indian peoples in which snakes are handled or imitated by the dancers. 2. a parade or procession in which the participants weave in single file in a serpentine course. [1765?75, Amer.] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.