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> 1 sense of the expression
social dancing
:
NOUN
act
social dancing
dancing
as part of a
social occasion
English
>
social dancing
: 1 sense
> noun 1, act
Meaning
dancing
as part of a
social occasion
.
Narrower
ballroom dancing
,
ballroom dance
Any of a variety of
social
dances
performed by
couples
in a
ballroom
fandango
A
provocative
Spanish
courtship
dance
in
triple
time
flamenco
,
gypsy dancing
A
style
of
dancing
characteristic
of the
Andalusian
Gypsies
folk dancing
,
folk dance
A
style
of
dancing
that
originated
among
ordinary
people
(
not
in the
royal courts
)
gavotte
An
old
formal
French
dance
in
quadruple time
habanera
A
Cuban
dance
in
duple time
jitterbug
A
jerky
American
dance
that was popular in the
1940s
lindy
,
lindy hop
An energetic
American
dance
that was popular in the
1930s
(probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)
shag
A
lively
dance step
consisting of
hopping
on each
foot
in turn
shimmy
lively
dancing
(
usually
to
ragtime
music
) with much
shaking
of the
shoulders
and
hips
stomp
A
dance
involving a
rhythmical
stamping step
tarantella
,
tarantelle
A
lively
whirling Italian
dance
for two
persons
twist
social dancing
in which
couples
vigorously
twist their
hips
and arms in time to the
music
Broader
dancing
,
dance
,
terpsichore
,
saltation
Taking a series of
rhythmical
steps (and
movements
) in time to
music
Spanish
baile social
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