'Dancing' definitions:

Definition of 'dancing'

(from WordNet)
noun
Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music [syn: dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation]

Definition of 'Dancing'

From: GCIDE
  • Dance \Dance\ (d[.a]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Danced; p. pr. & vb. n. Dancing.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[=o]n to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]
  • 1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically. [1913 Webster]
  • Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither. [1913 Webster]
  • Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your daughter? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. [1913 Webster]
  • Then, 'tis time to dance off. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Shadows in the glassy waters dance. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • Where rivulets dance their wayward round. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be hanged. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dancing'

From: GCIDE
  • Dancing \Dan"cing\, p. a. & vb. n. from Dance. [1913 Webster]
  • Dancing girl, one of the women in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls.
  • Dancing master, a teacher of dancing.
  • Dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'dancing'

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