English > trip the light fantastic: 1 sense > verb 1, 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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| Synonyms | dance, 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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