dance

Speech parts

1. dance - Noun

2. dance - Verb

3. Dance - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.

To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.

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.

A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

boogie waltz tango jive caper dancing hop ballet sway jig frolic saltation choreography prance trip the light fantastic
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Antonyms

still rest depression sprint break stop
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Hypernyms

move party art recreation diversion performing arts

Hyponyms

charleston mambo samba boogie shag adagio

Phrases with the word

square-dance music dance to tune dance attendance on dance room dance notation belly dance from a friend

Derivatives

danced dancing

Anagrams

caned acned Caden decan

Examples

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance. Confucius

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. Voltaire

Where dance is, there is the devil. John Chrysostom

All are not merry that dance lightly. English Proverb

Hungry bear doesn't dance. Bulgarian Proverb

The hunt is like a dance for men, for the women the dance is the hunt. Lower Austria Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Danby Danby Wiske dancathon dance a boogie dance a boogie-woogie dance a turkey trot