trace
v.— «As that genre of Jamaican music has increased in popularity, the style has become one of tenement-yard-style tracing, and those Jamaicans who are accustomed to a daily life in which such “tracing matches” are commonplace, applaud the winners who act out their hate battles on the dance hall stage.» —“Memories of a summer music festival” by Barbara Blake Hannah Jamaica Observer (Kingston, Jamaica) Aug. 22, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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