Dancenoun
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
Dancingnoun
The activity of taking part in a dance.
Dancenoun
A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
Dancingnoun
(historical) A dance club in France.
Dancenoun
(heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
Dancingverb
present participle of dance
Dancenoun
A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
Dancing
from Dance.
Dancenoun
(uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
Dancingnoun
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
Dancenoun
A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
Danceverb
(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
‘I danced with her all night long.’;
Danceverb
(intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
‘His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke.’; ‘She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it.’;
Danceverb
(transitive) To perform the steps to.
‘Have you ever danced the tango?’;
Danceverb
(transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
Danceverb
To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically.
‘Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance.’; ‘Good shepherd, what fair swain is thisWhich dances with your daughter?’;
Danceverb
To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
‘Then, 'tis time to dance off.’; ‘More dances my rapt heartThan when I first my wedded mistress saw.’; ‘Shadows in the glassy waters dance.’; ‘Where rivulets dance their wayward round.’;
Danceverb
To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
‘To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind.’; ‘Thy grandsire loved thee well;Many a time he danced thee on his knee.’; ‘A man of his place, and so near our favor,To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure.’;
Dancenoun
The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music.
Dancenoun
A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
‘Of remedies of love she knew parchanceFor of that art she couth the olde dance.’;
Dancenoun
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
Dancenoun
a party of people assembled for dancing
Dancenoun
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
Dancenoun
a party for social dancing
Danceverb
move in a graceful and rhythmical way;
‘The young girl danced into the room’;
Danceverb
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance;
‘My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio’;
Danceverb
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways;
‘Dancing flames’; ‘The children danced with joy’;
Dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value.