Wine

verb WINE waɪn mild

Also spelled whine, wine up

To dance by rolling and gyrating the waist and hips in a smooth, circular motion — the core movement of Caribbean dance. 'Wine up yuh waist' means roll your hips. To 'wine pon' someone is to dance grinding against them. A whole family of named wines exists (dutty wine, and more).

  • She wine up har waist to di riddim.

    She rolled her waist to the rhythm.

  • Everybody a wine inna di dance.

    Everybody's whining (dancing) in the party.

  • Di gyal dem wine till mawnin.

    The girls danced (wined) until morning.

From 'wind' (to wind/roll), reshaped to 'wine/whine' — the hip-rolling dance central across the Caribbean.

The fundamental Caribbean waist-rolling dance; many named variants (see [[dutty-wine]]). Spelled 'wine' or 'whine'.