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noun
Formal social dancing in couples, either as recreation or in competition, including dances like or developed from the waltz, minuet, tango, rumba, cha-cha, foxtrot, and the quickstep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ballroom dance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social dancing
Narrower terms: beguine, carioca, cha-cha, cha-cha-cha, one-step, fox-trot, foxtrot, two-step, bunny hug, Charleston, conga, cotillion, cotilion, minuet, paso doble, quickstep, rumba, rhumba, samba, round dance, round dancing, tango, waltz, valse
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Across languages
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