dancehall /ˈdɑːnsˌhɔːl/ noun2 •A public hall for dancing.Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs. — 2022 •A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.It sounded Jamaican to me, a form of dancehall, and […] I wandered over and watched the dancing. — 2016 formsdancehalls