'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aflicker,
- balletic,
- beaming,
- beatific,
- beatified,
- bickering,
- blessed,
- blinking,
- blissful,
- capering,
- cheerful,
- chirping,
- dance,
- desultory,
- flashing,
- flicker,
- flickering,
- flickering light,
- flickery,
- flicky,
- flushed with joy,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- fluttery,
- gay,
- glad,
- glancing light,
- glowing,
- guttering,
- happy,
- joyful,
- joyous,
- lambency,
- lambent,
- laughing,
- leaping,
- light show,
- play,
- play of light,
- playing,
- purring,
- quiver,
- quivering,
- quivery,
- radiant,
- singing,
- smiling,
- smirking,
- sparkling,
- spluttering,
- sputtering,
- sputtery,
- starry-eyed,
- stroboscopic,
- terpsichorean,
- thrice happy,
- unsteady,
- wavering,
- wavery
Words containing 'Dancing'
- Dance,
- Danced,
- Clog dance,
- Dance of Death,
- Dancing girl,
- Dancing master,
- Dancing school,
- Ghost dance,
- Morris dance,
- Round dance,
- Stag dance,
- Sword dance,
- To dance attendance,
- To dance on a rope,
- To dance on nothing,
- To dance the hay,
- War dance,
- apache dance,
- ballroom dance,
- ballroom dancing,
- barn dance,
- belly dance,
- belly dancing,
- break dance,
- break dancing,
- bubble dance,
- ceremonial dance,
- clog dancing,
- concert dance,
- corn dance,
- country dancing,
- cushion dance,
- dance band,
- dance floor,
- dance hall,
- dance lesson,
- dance master,
- dance music,
- dance orchestra,
- dance palace,
- dance school,
- dance step,
- dancing partner,
- fan dance,
- folk dance,
- folk dancing,
- gypsy dancing,
- hawaiian dancing,
- interpretative dance,
- interpretative dancing,
- interpretive dance,
- interpretive dancing,
- longways dance,
- modern dance,
- morris dancing,
- nautch dance,
- nude dancing,
- rain dance,
- ring dance,
- ritual dance,
- ritual dancing,
- round dancing,
- slam dance,
- slam dancing,
- snake dance,
- social dancing,
- song and dance,
- square dance,
- square dancing,
- stage dancing,
- step dancing,
- sun dance,
- sword dancing,
- tap dance,
- tap dancing,
- toe dance,
- toe dancing,
- Country-dance,
- Ghost-dance,
- Saint Vitus's dance,
- To lead one a dance,
- apache devil dance,
- break-dance,
- dancing lady orchid,
- dancing-master,
- saint vitus dance,
- song and dance man,
- st. vitus dance,
- soft-shoe dancing,
- square-dance music