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aquashow en · NOUN

Etymology

From aqua- + show.

Meanings

1. A spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.
   • "If that thermometer keeps climbing, we can turn this rink into a swimming pool and hold an aquashow." He was talking about the snow castle and ice rink Dartmouth College students were building for their outdoor evening show. 1955 February, Boys' Life, volume 45, number 2, page 17:
   • Performances and concerts as used in this definition shall not include circuses, ice shows, aquashows or motion pictures […] 1962, Laws of the State of New York, page 360:
   • Today visitors gather in Cypress Gardens near Winterhaven for the aquashows and to watch long-limbed girls in bikinis. 1976, Eric Simms, Birds of the air, page 45:
   • During that summer the city was entertaining the residents by staging aquashows featuring many beautiful girls, displaying their talents and water prowess in the staged water ballets. 1996, The Pillar Monthly, volume 97, numbers 6-11, page 138:

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