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SOCIAL DANCING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dancing as part of a social occasion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("social dancing" is a kind of...):
dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social dancing"):
jitterbug (a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s)
lindy; lindy hop (an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh))
fandango (a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets)
flamenco; gypsy dancing (a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet)
gavotte (an old formal French dance in quadruple time)
habanera (a Cuban dance in duple time)
shag (a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn)
shimmy (lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips)
stomp (a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step)
tarantella; tarantelle (a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons)
twist (social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s)
ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)
folk dance; folk dancing (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))
