devil dancing

English

Alternative forms

• devil-dancing

Noun

devil dancing (uncountable)

1. (figurative, idiomatic) Risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.
2. The performance of a devil dance.
   • 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.

See also

• dance with the devil