dance

IPA: dˈæns

noun

  • A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
  • A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
  • (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
  • (uncountable) A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
  • A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
  • (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
  • (figurative, dated) Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task.
  • (apiology) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
  • The death throes of a hanged person.
  • (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.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
  • (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
  • (transitive) To perform the steps to.
  • (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
  • (figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex.
  • (apiology, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
  • (figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
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Examples of "dance" in Sentences

  • The song is an ode to the pogo dance.
  • They started to dance with the morris music.
  • The dance is the only extant part of the music.
  • Dances and songs once more resound in the camp.
  • The evening was a glittering event of music and dance.
  • At the onset, the dance is delicate and the music legato.
  • The princess is miraculously resurrected by the music, and begins to dance.

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