Crossword Dictionary

DANCE

dance - v 
move in a graceful and rhythmical way; "The young girl danced into the room" 
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways; "Dancing flames"; "The children danced with joy" 

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Synonyms

prance, strut, trip, boogie (also boogy or boogey), bop, fox-trot, gavotte, jig, jitterbug, jive, mambo, polka, shag, shimmy, shuffle, tango, tap-dance, twist, waltz, tread

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Examples

“How about going to a dance tonight?”

“Even drunk, Sam was sure footed on the dance floor.”

“The town managed to close up the dance halls in 1902, at least for a year or so, but it wasn't long before the girls were at it again, full tilt.”

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Etymology

c. 1300, dauncen, "move the body or feet rhythmically to music," from Old French dancier (12c., Modern French danser), which is of unknown origin, perhaps from Low Frankish *dintjan and akin to Old Frisian dintje "tremble, quiver." Through French influence in arts and society, it has become the primary word for this activity from Spain to Russia (Italian danzare, Spanish danzar, Romanian dansa, Swedish dansa, German tanzen, modern Russian tancevat').

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