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Definitions for Dancing

[1] to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
[2] to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or quickly: to dance with joy.
[3] to bob up and down: The toy sailboats danced on the pond.
[4] to perform or take part in (a dance): to dance a waltz.
[5] to cause to dance: He danced her around the ballroom.
[6] to cause to be in a specified condition by dancing: She danced her way to stardom.
[7] a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
[8] an act or round of dancing; set: May I have this dance?
[9] the art of dancing: to study dance.
[10] a social gathering or party for dancing; ball: Was he invited to the dance?
[11] a piece of music suited in rhythm or style to a particular form of dancing: He liked the composer's country dances.
[12] Animal Behavior . a stylized pattern of movements performed by an animal, as a bird in courtship display, or an insect, as a honeybee in indicating a source of nectar.
[13] the dance, ballet, interpretive dancing, and other dancing of an artistic nature performed by professional dancers before an audience.
[14] dance attendance . attendance(def 3) .
[15] dance on air , Slang . to be hanged.
[16] dance to another tune , to change one's behavior, attitudes, etc.
[17] (intr) to move the feet and body rhythmically, esp in time to music
[18] (tr) to perform (a particular dance)
[19] (intr) to skip or leap, as in joy, etc
[20] to move or cause to move in a light rhythmic way
[21] dance attendance on someone to attend someone solicitously or obsequiously
[22] a series of rhythmic steps and movements, usually in time to music Related adjective: Terpsichorean
[23] an act of dancing
[24] a social meeting arranged for dancing; ball (as modifier ) a dance hall
[25] a piece of music in the rhythm of a particular dance form, such as a waltz
[26] short for dance music (def. 2)
[27] dancelike movements made by some insects and birds, esp as part of a behaviour pattern
[28] lead someone a dance British informal to cause someone continued worry and exasperation; play up

Words related to Dancing

dancesubmissive, deferential, inferior, hurtle, fling, bump, flop, jolt, bounce, snatch, wriggle, wiggle, wrench, lug, thrust, tug, twitch, wring, yank, dance

Words nearby Dancing

dancedanaë, danaüs, danburite, danbury, danby, dance, dance attendance on, dance band, dance card, dance drama, dance floor

Origin of Dancing

e1250–1300; (v.) Middle English da(u)ncen < Anglo-French dancer, dauncer, Old French dancier, perhaps < Old High German *dansjan to lead (someone) to a dance; (noun) Middle English da(u)nce < Anglo-French; Old French dance, derivative of dancier

Other words from Dancing

danc·ing·ly , adverb
an·ti·danc·ing , adjective
out·dance , verb (used with object), out·danced, out·danc·ing.
un·danc·ing , adjective
well-danced , adjective

Word origin for Dancing

eC13: from Old French dancier

Synonyms for Dancing

deferential, inferior, submissive, a slave to, abject, acquiescent, at one's beck and call, at one's mercy, bootlicking, cowering, cringing, docile, fawning, ignoble, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, mean, menial, obeisant, obsequious, resigned, servile, slavish, subject, sycophantic, under one's thumb