BALLROOM DANCE Synonyms

• a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences

• dance the foxtrot

• a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba

• dance a mambo

• military march accompanying quick time

• a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps

• perform a quickstep

• syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba

• a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement

• a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance

• dance the rhumba

• spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods

• large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

• music composed for dancing the samba

• a lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa

• a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers

• dance the samba

• a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

• mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

• a sweeping blow or stroke

• changing location by moving back and forth

• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

• a jaunty rhythm in music

• the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

• in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

• a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

• move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• change direction with a swinging motion; turn

• influence decisively

• make a big sweeping gesture or movement

• hang loosely

• hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement

• alternate dramatically between high and low values

• live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style

• have a certain musical rhythm

• be a social swinger; socialize a lot

• play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

• engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends

• a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin

• music written in duple time for dancing the tango

• dance a tango

• an assured victory (especially in an election)

• music composed in triple time for waltzing

• a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat

• dance a waltz

• any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom