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ballroom dancing

ballroom dancing noun: formal social dancing in couples, either as recreation or in competition, including dances like or developed from the waltz, minuet, tango, rumba, cha-cha, foxtrot, and the quickstep.

Noun

ballroom dancing (uncountable)

  1. Formal social dancing in couples, either as recreation or in competition, including dances like or developed from the waltz, minuet, tango, rumba, cha-cha, foxtrot, and the quickstep.

Questions about ballroom dancing

What does ballroom dancing mean?
Ballroom dancing means formal social dancing in couples, either as recreation or in competition, including dances like or developed from the waltz, minuet, tango, rumba, cha-cha, foxtrot, and the quickstep.
What part of speech is ballroom dancing?
Ballroom dancing is a noun.

Words near ballroom dancing in the dictionary

  1. ballrace
  2. ballraces
  3. ballroom
  4. ballroom dance
  5. ballroom dances
  6. ballroom dancing
  7. ballroomed
  8. ballrooming
  9. ballrooms
  10. ballroomy
  11. balls

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