Synonyms for rhumba
- disco
- rock
- samba
- tango
- waltz
- Charleston
- bob
- boogie
- caper
- careen
- cavort
- conga
- flit
- foxtrot
- frolic
- gambol
- hop
- hustle
- jig
- jitter
- jitterbug
- jive
- jump
- leap
- one-step
- prance
- promenade
- shimmy
- skip
- spin
- step
- strut
- sway
- swing
- tap
- tread
- trip
- twist
- two-step
- whirl
- boogie down
- bunny hop
- cut a rug
- foot it
- get down
- hoof it
- rock n' roll
- trip the light fantastic
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Everybody had joined the first couple in the rhumba, making the scene more hilarious by not having any clothes on at all.
WORD ORIGIN
1919, from Cuban Spanish rumba, originally "spree, carousal," derived from Spanish rumbo "spree, party," earlier "ostentation, pomp, leadership," perhaps originally "the course of a ship," from rombo "rhombus," in reference to the compass, which is marked with a rhombus. The verb is recorded from 1932. Related: Rumbaed; rumbaing.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR RHUMBA
dance
nounmoving 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
nounmoving 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
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Philip Lief Group.