0 especially in the past, a special building or large room for dancing in:
1 a style of Jamaican popular music with a strong rhythm and words sung or spoken in Jamaican patois (= a non-standard form of language):
The city currently requires dance halls, restaurants, and private clubs to close from 2 a. m. to 8 a. m.
Karaoke is now popular in bars, nightclubs, cruise ship lounges and dance halls around the world.
The town was full of sailors looking for a good time in the dance halls and officers' clubs.
In the 1980s Jamaican music underwent a revolution and dance hall took hold.
They play a form of urban Latin music with some characteristics of Jamaican dance hall and hip-hop.
After midnight these casino dance halls change their character.