- a dance in which the performers handle live snakes, imitate the motions of snakes, or form a line which moves in a zigzag fashion, in particular a ritual dance of the North American Hopi Indians involving the handling of live rattlesnakes蛇舞（手执活蛇、模仿蛇的动作或排列成蛇形跳舞, 尤指北美霍皮族印第安人在宗教仪式上手执活响尾蛇所跳的舞）。