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waltz

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noundance

Word Origin & History

dance performed to music in triple time, 1781, from German Waltzer, from walzen "to roll, dance," from Old High German walzan "to turn, roll," from Proto-Germanic *walt- (cf. Old Norse velta), from PIE root *wel- "to turn, revolve" (see volvox). Described in 1825 as "a riotous and indecent German dance."

Example Sentences for waltz

She knew how to waltz and she could dance the polka and the schottishe.

He was wondering why the interest in the Gaelic language was not so strong as the interest in the waltz.

The trees of the forest seemed to waltz around me in mazy circles.

Jack De Baron would be there, and would want to know why she would not waltz.

"No doubt she was wrong to waltz after what you told ...

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Synonyms for waltz

noun dance

march
music
whirl

More words related to waltz

breeze

verb. work quickly through task

cruise
flit
glide
hurry
move
pass
sail
sally
skim
slide
slip
sweep
trip
waltz
zip

dance

noun. moving feet and body to music

Charleston
bob
boogie
boogie down
bunny hop
caper
careen
cavort
conga
cut a rug
disco
flit
foot it
foxtrot
frolic
gambol
get down
hoof it
hop
hustle
jig
jitter
jitterbug
jive
jump
leap
one-step
prance
promenade
rhumba
rock
rock n' roll
samba
shimmy
skip
spin
step
strut
sway
swing
tango
tap
tread
trip
trip the light fantastic
twist
two-step
waltz
whirl

dances

noun. moving feet and body to music

Charleston
bob
boogie
boogie down
bunny hop
caper
careen
cavort
conga
cut a rug
disco
flit
foot it
foxtrot
frolic
gambol
get down
hoof it
hop
hustle
jig
jitter
jitterbug
jive
jump
leap
one-step
prance
promenade
rhumba
rock
rock n' roll
samba
shimmy
skip
spin
step
strut
sway
swing
tango
tap
tread
trip
trip the light fantastic
twist
two-step
waltz
whirl

duck soup

noun. easy task

a breeze
a snap
breeze
cakewalk
cherry pie
child's play
cinch
easily accomplished task
easy
easy thing
easy to do
kid stuff
no sweat
no-brainer
picnic
pie
piece of cake
pushover
snap
turkey shoot
velvet
walkover
waltz

oscillate

verb. change back and forth

be unsteady
dangle
fishtail
flicker
fluctuate
librate
lurch
palpitate
pendulate
pitch
pivot
reel
ripple
rock
roll
seesaw
stagger
sway
swing
switch
swivel
teeter
teeter-totter
thrash
toss
totter
undulate
vacillate
vary
vibrate
waddle
wag
waggle
waltz
wave
waver
whirl
wiggle
wobble

oscillating