English > dance: 7 senses > noun 3, act| Meaning | Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music. |
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| Synonyms | dancing, terpsichore, saltation |
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| Category of | belly dance | Perform a belly dance |
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| busker | A person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money |
| clog | dance a clog dance |
| dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | Move in a pattern |
| heel | Perform with the heels |
| jive | dance to jive music |
| shimmy | dance a shimmy |
| sidestep | A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing) |
| tap | A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) |
| tap dance | Perform a tap dance |
| Narrower | adagio | A slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers |
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| break dancing, break dance | A form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground |
| courante | A court dance of the 16th century |
| mambo | A Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba / rumba |
| nautch, nauch, nautch dance | An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls |
| pas de deux, duet | (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) |
| pas de quatre | (ballet) a dance for four people |
| pas de trois | (ballet) a dance for three people |
| pas seul, variation | (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure |
| pavane, pavan | A stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries |
| phrase | dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence |
| ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance | A dance that is part of a religious ritual |
| saraband | A stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries |
| skank | A rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees |
| slam dancing, slam dance | A form of dancing in which dancers slam into one another |
| social dancing | dancing as part of a social occasion |
| stage dancing, choreography | A show involving artistic dancing |
| step dancing, hoofing | dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures |
| toe dancing, toe dance | A dance performed on tiptoe |
| Broader | diversion, recreation | An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates / stimulates |
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| performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance |
| Spanish | baile, danza |
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| Catalan | ball, dansa |
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| Verbs | dance | move in a pattern |
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English > dance: 7 senses > verb 2, creation| Meaning | Move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Model | Sam and Sue dance |
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| Example | "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" |
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| Synonyms | trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe |
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| Category | dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation | Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music |
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| Entailed by | figure skate | dance on skates |
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| Narrower | Charleston | dance the Charleston |
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| belly dance | Perform a belly dance |
| boogie | dance to boogie music |
| bop, bebop | dance the bebop |
| break dance, break-dance, break | Do a break dance |
| bump | dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward |
| cakewalk | Perform the cakewalk dance |
| cha-cha | dance the cha-cha |
| clog | dance a clog dance |
| conga | dance the conga |
| contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra danse | Perform a contradance |
| disco | dance to disco music |
| folk dance | Perform a folk-dance |
| foxtrot | dance the foxtrot |
| grind | dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced |
| heel | Perform with the heels |
| hoof | dance in a professional capacity |
| jig | dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions |
| jitterbug | Do the jitterbug |
| jive | dance to jive music |
| kick | Kick a leg up |
| mambo | dance a mambo |
| one-step | dance the one-step |
| polka | dance a polka |
| quickstep | Perform a quickstep |
| rhumba, rumba | dance the rhumba |
| samba | dance the samba |
| shag | dance the shag |
| shimmy | dance a shimmy |
| skank | dance the skank |
| slam dance, slam, mosh, thrash | dance the slam dance |
| square dance | dance in formation |
| tango | dance a tango |
| tap dance | Perform a tap dance |
| tapdance, tap | dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes |
| twist | Do the twist |
| two-step | dance the two-step |
| waltz, waltz around | dance a waltz |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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| Similar to | dance | Move in a graceful and rhythmical way |
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| Spanish | bailar, danzar |
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| Catalan | ballar, dansar |
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| Nouns | dance | an artistic form of nonverbal communication |
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| dance | a party for social dancing |
| dance | a party of people assembled for dancing |
| dancer | a performer who dances professionally |
| dancer | a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball) |
| dancing, dance | taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music |
