Word Finder - dance

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A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

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A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.

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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.

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A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.

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The art, profession, and study of dancing.

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A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.

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A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.

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So how much longer are we gonna do this dance?

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To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

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I danced with her all night long.

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To leap or move lightly and rapidly.

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His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke.   She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it.

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To perform the steps to.

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Have you ever danced the tango?

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To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.

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To make love or have sex.

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You make me feel like dancing.

How about going to a dance tonight?

The dance grew livelier and livelier.

I'm even weady to dance the pas de chale.

Where did he learn to dance like that?

Even drunk, Sam was sure footed on the dance floor.

He did a small dance, eyes glowing.

He was watching them dance.

The dance forgotten, they stood transfixed, lost in emotion.

This was the count's favorite dance, which he had danced in his youth.

Can I have this dance for the rest of my life?

Would you like to dance?

The name was then given to the famous revolutionary song, composed in 1792, the tune of which, and the wild dance which accompanied it, may have also been brought into France by the Piedmontese.

This dance has happened more times than a weary historian can count.

May I have this dance?

The town managed to close up the dance halls in 1902, at least for a year or so, but it wasn't long before the girls were at it again, full tilt.

You said you couldn't dance.

I think you owe me a dance for being such a wise-ass.

My mother insisted I go to dance school.

A tall young man tapped his shoulder and Alex surrendered her to the second dance of the evening.

So that was why he was glaring at her at the dance.

You mean you don't know how to dance.

There would be dinners, a Saturday night dance, slide shows and hundreds of ice climbing exhibits.

Miss M was much nettled when I told her I'd no longer dance to her music and I saw her talking about me to the man who owns this dreadful place.

Imagine being a dance hall girl back then!

They began a surreal dance of body and mind that left them both dizzy with passion.

His idea of an evening out was dinner and a dance.

As she met that sweet chocolate gaze, her pulse did the usual dance.

Their conversation was interrupted briefly while a man asked Lillie to dance.

Could I have this dance for the rest of my life?

There is an accessible toilet within the Dance studio.

I very much like to dance, look various romantic and extremely topical films.

Just wondering if there are any good uplifting trance, jungle, and hard dance nights out there.

The pixel bestiary commences an instinctive dance to the throb and pulse of the quivering heap as a state of wild transfiguration is achieved.

It's quite tuneful, as dance albums go, with a diverse enough range of sounds and tracks to keep you with it.

She wore the most beautiful dance dress which looked to me more like a long tutu than a cabaret costume.

What provides the deep, sonorous undertone to the individual's expression, is the evocation of the eternal dance.

Taking her hand in his, he swept her gracefully into dance.

And he's going to take you to his room after the dance.

I get the hint this Ronnie and Howie don't dance to the same fiddle player.

The caterers set up tables, and workers laid the dance floor.

Alex did the same and they came together awkwardly, like teens at their first dance.

He'd taught her to dance in the ring to outmaneuver the seven-foot vamp's hard strikes.

Alex immediately offered an arm and escorted her to the dance floor.

A voice announced that the next dance would be a contest – the Cha Cha.

If only the rest of their lives could be as blissful as this dance.

Her birth itself was romantic. Her father was playing a country dance at the house of a fellow officer, the future husband of Sophie's sister, when he was told that his wife, who had not long left the room, had borne him a daughter.

Our select dance troupe, Random Dancers, had assorted duties.

He held her for a moment, as if in a motionless dance.

With astonishing agility, the Grey God outmaneuvered lightening, weaving through the bursts of purple fire in a lethal dance.

In the museum is a fine collection of works of art by Holbein (who lived in Basel from 1528 to 1531), while the historical museum (in the old Franciscan church) contains many treasures, and among them the fragments of the famous Dance of Death, wrongly attributed to Holbein.