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Dancing - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Dancing : (noun)
1: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time
to music [syn: dance, terpsichore, saltation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dancing : \Dan"cing\, p. a. & vb. n.
from Dance.
Dancing girl, one of the women in the East Indies whose
profession is to dance in the temples, or for the
amusement of spectators. There are various classes of
dancing girls.
Dancing master, a teacher of dancing.
Dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dance \Dance\ (d[.a]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Danced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dancing.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[=o]n to draw;
akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the
same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]
1. 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. --Wither.
Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances
with your daughter? --Shak.
2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion;
to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
Then, 'tis time to dance off. --Thackeray.
More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my
wedded mistress saw. --Shak.
Shadows in the glassy waters dance. --Byron.
Where rivulets dance their wayward round.
--Wordsworth.
To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be hanged.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Dancing |
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