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BALLROOM DANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Synonyms:
ballroom dance; ballroom dancing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ballroom dance" is a kind of...):
social dancing (dancing as part of a social occasion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ballroom dance"):
valse; waltz (a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat)
tango (a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin)
round dance; round dancing (a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement)
samba (a lively ballroom dance from Brazil)
rhumba; rumba (a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance)
quickstep (a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps)
paso doble (a ballroom dance in fast duple time)
minuet (a stately court dance in the 17th century)
cotilion; cotillion (a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century)
conga (a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file)
Charleston (an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century)
bunny hug (a syncopated ballroom dance formerly popular in the US)
two-step (a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps)
fox-trot; foxtrot (a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences)
one-step (an early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot)
cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips)
carioca (a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba)
beguine (a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba)
