1. (v) to be quiet while simultaneously moving rhythmically to music.
<BR>2. (n) music and cultural movement of the 1980's in which artistry and social conscience was replaced with repetition and volume, usually emanating from a computer music/dance machine.  Played loudly at nightclubs and/or parties, the repetitive "music" was meant to drown out conversations and/or complaints.  The music a metaphor of the culture, a socially conscious remark like, "Hey, you can't cheat all those people out of their life's savings!" was usually repetitively and loudly met with, "shut up and dance!", "party hearty!", "less is more!", or some other 1980's philosophy.