'Tarantella' definitions:
Definition of 'tarantella'
(from WordNet)
noun
Music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
noun
A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons [syn: tarantella, tarantelle]
Definition of 'Tarantella'
From: GCIDE
- Tarantella \Tar`an*tel"la\, n. [It.] (Mus.) (a) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia. (b) Music suited to such a dance. [1913 Webster]