dancing
English
Noun
dancing (countable and uncountable, plural dancings)
- The activity of taking part in a dance.
- (historical) A dance club in France.
- 2001, William A. Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars
- New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.
- 2003, Jeffrey H. Jackson, Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris (page 44)
- Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.
- 2001, William A. Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars
Derived terms
- all singing, all dancing
- angels dancing on the head of a pin
- belly dancing
- breakdancing
- Cotswold morris dancing
- dad dancing
- dancing bologna
- dancing girl
- dancing master's kit
- dirty dancing
- grave dancing
- horizontal dancing
- ice dancing
- line dancing
- morris dancing
- pole dancing
- square dancing
- table dancing
Translations
activity of dancing
Spanish
Etymology
From English.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈdanθin/, [ˈd̪ãn̟θĩn]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈdansin/, [ˈd̪ãnsĩn]
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