Synonyms for dances
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dans, dahns |
| Phonetic Transcription : dæns, dɑns |
Top 10 synonyms for dances Other synonyms for the word dances
- boogie down
- bunny hop
- caper
- careen
- cavort
- Charleston
- conga
- cut a rug
- flit
- foot it
- formal
- foxtrot
- frolic
- gambol
- get down
- hoedown
- hoof it
- hop
- hustle
- jig
- jitter
- jitterbug
- jive
- jump
- leap
- masquerade
- mingle
- one-step
- prance
- promenade
- rhumba
- rock n' roll
- shimmy
- shindig
- skip
- social
- sock hop
- spin
- step
- strut
- sway
- swing
- tap
- tread
- trip
- trip the light fantastic
- twist
- two-step
- whirl
Définition of dances
Origin :- c.1300, from dance (v.).
- noun moving feet and body to music
- noun party for moving to music
- There were dinners and dances, week-end excursions to country-houses.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Then there was the ceremony of the Corn to learn, the prayers and the dances.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- O—— talks nonsense as agreeably as ever, and dances as divinely.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It seems as if I was looking on at dances, without hearing any music.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Oh, a marvel—an absolute marvel, who dances as no one else can.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- When all the dances had ended, the dancers marched out with the goose-step.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Practically every one in town attended our dances; no one had ever told us any better.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- At all events, I have not danced four dances in one evening with one cavalier.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
- Then all the people in the village danced all sorts of dances.
- Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
- And with what coquetry he fans himself; how he dances and skips about!
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
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