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| trip the light fantastic - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" | ||
| dance, trip the light fantastic toe | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | ||
| jive dance to jive music; dance the jive | ||
| hoof dance in a professional capacity | ||
| clog fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" | ||
| tap dance perform a tap dance | ||
| belly dance perform a belly dance | ||
| heel put a new heel on; "heel shoes" | ||
| shimmy dance a shimmy | ||
| bebop, bop dance the bebop | ||
| bump knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" | ||
| twist twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" | ||
| waltz, waltz around dance a waltz | ||
| tapdance, tap dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody" | ||
| tango dance a tango | ||
| shag dance the shag | ||
| foxtrot dance the foxtrot | ||
| contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country-dance perform a contradance | ||
| break-dance, break dance, break do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner" | ||
| cakewalk perform the cakewalk dance | ||
| conga dance the conga | ||
| samba dance the samba | ||
| two-step dance the two-step | ||
| charleston dance the Charleston | ||
| boogie dance to boogie music | ||
| cha-cha dance the cha-cha | ||
| disco dance to disco music | ||
| mambo dance a mambo | ||
| polka dance a polka | ||
| one-step dance the one-step | ||
| rhumba, rumba dance the rhumba | ||
| mosh, slam dance, slam, thrash dance the slam dance | ||
| jig dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions | ||
| jitterbug do the jitterbug | ||
| folk dance perform a folk-dance | ||
| square dance dance in formation | ||
| quickstep perform a quickstep | ||
| kick make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown" | ||
| skank dance the skank | ||
| grind reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" | ||
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