ballroom dance
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1. any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | social dancing, |
| definition | : | dancing as part of a social occasion (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | beguine, |
| definition | : | a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | carioca, |
| definition | : | a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cha-cha, cha-cha-cha, |
| definition | : | a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | one-step, |
| definition | : | an early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fox-trot, foxtrot, |
| definition | : | a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | two-step, |
| definition | : | a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | bunny hug, |
| definition | : | a syncopated ballroom dance formerly popular in the US (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | charleston, |
| definition | : | an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | conga, |
| definition | : | a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cotilion, cotillion, |
| definition | : | a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | minuet, |
| definition | : | a stately court dance in the 17th century (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | paso doble, |
| definition | : | a ballroom dance in fast duple time (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | quickstep, |
| definition | : | a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | rhumba, rumba, |
| definition | : | a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | samba, |
| definition | : | a lively ballroom dance from Brazil (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tango, |
| definition | : | a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | valse, waltz, |
| definition | : | a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat (noun.act) |
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