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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : wawlts |
Phonetic Transcription : wɔlts |
Definition of waltzed
Origin :- 1794, from waltz (n.). Meaning "to move nimbly" is recorded from 1862. Related: Waltzed; waltzing.
- As in oscillate : verb change back and forth
- As in rotate : verb go around in circle
- As in zip : verb move about quickly
- As in breeze : verb work quickly through task
- We never stopped for clothes, but waltzed up the ladder just so.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- I opened it by dancing a quadrille with Flavia: then I waltzed with her.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- He waltzed her away from the desk, to the middle of the living room.
- Extract from : « Final Weapon » by Everett B. Cole
- I did dance with her, I own, not to seem uncivil; but we only waltzed round twice.
- Extract from : « The Tinted Venus » by F. Anstey
- But at last the right one came, and waltzed off with the girl triumphantly.
- Extract from : « The Great White Tribe in Filipinia » by Paul T. Gilbert
- Each speciality hugged its bit of knowledge and waltzed it round and round.
- Extract from : « The World I Live In » by Helen Keller
- He waltzed all around what he was trying to say, but that may have been just native caution.
- Extract from : « Anchorite » by Randall Garrett
- You did perfectly right; I should have been much hurt if you had waltzed with any man.
- Extract from : « The Barbadoes Girl » by Mrs. Hofland
- His eyes fell; on the next turn, he waltzed Kate back to her seat.
- Extract from : « The Readjustment » by Will Irwin
- He waltzed admirably; erect as under his Field-Marshal's eye.
- Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
Synonyms for waltzed
- be unsteady
- bustle
- circle
- circumduct
- circumvolve
- cruise
- dangle
- dash
- fishtail
- flash
- flicker
- flit
- fluctuate
- fly
- glide
- gyrate
- gyre
- hasten
- hurry
- librate
- lurch
- move
- palpitate
- pass
- pendulate
- pirouette
- pitch
- pivot
- reel
- revolve
- ripple
- rock
- roll
- run
- rush
- sail
- sally
- seesaw
- shoot
- skim
- slide
- slip
- speed
- spin
- stagger
- sway
- sweep
- swing
- switch
- swivel
- tear
- teeter
- teeter-totter
- thrash
- toss
- totter
- trip
- troll
- trundle
- turn
- twirl
- twist
- undulate
- vacillate
- vary
- vibrate
- waddle
- wag
- waggle
- waltz
- wave
- waver
- wheel
- whirl
- whirligig
- whirr
- whisk
- whiz
- wiggle
- wobble
- zip
- zoom
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