dance

dance
v
1. step to the music, shuffle one's feet, Sl. shake your booties, Sl. hoof or hoof it, Sl. boogie, trip the light fantastic, Sl. cut a rug; move to the music, rock, reel, sway, swing; whirl, twirl, spin, turn around, pirouette; glide, slide.
2. wiggle, wriggle, Sl. wiggle one's hips; jig, bob up and down, bounce, hop; skip, leap, jump about; prance, caper, gambol, romp, frolic.
n
3. ballroom dance, round dance, one-step, two-step, polka, waltz, foxtrot; square dance, Virginia reel, quadrille, cotillion, hoedown; folk dance, jig, Highland fling; belly dance, danse du ventre; tap dance.
4. ball, fancy-dress ball, Fr. bal travesti. formal, U.S. Inf. prom, promenade; dancing party, Inf. shindig, social, Inf. hop.
5. the dance ballet, toe-dance; interpretive dance, interpretation, improvisational dance, improvisation, eurhythmies; modern dance, jazz, jazz-ballet.
6. choreography, dance notation, composition.

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