dancing
Syllables: danc·ingUK/ˈdɑːns.ɪŋ//ˈdæns.ɪŋ/
dancing noun: the activity of taking part in a dance. Also the present participle and gerund of dance.
Noun
dancing (countable and uncountable, plural dancings)
- The activity of taking part in a dance.
- A dance club in France.
- New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.2001, William Alfred Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars, →ISBN, page 56
- Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.2003, Jeffrey H. Jackson, Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris, →ISBN, page 44
Also used as
dancing is also the present participle and gerund of dance.
dancing meaning in Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati and Persian
dancing in Telugu
- activity of dancing
- నర్తించుట nartiñcuṭa
dancing in Malayalam
- നൃത്തം ചെയ്യുന്നു
dancing in Gujarati
- નૃત્ય કરે છે
dancing in Persian
- activity of dancing
- رقص raqs, وشتن vaštan
Forms of dancing
| plural | dancings |
|---|
Origin of dancing
From dance + -ing. The sense "dance club" is from French dancing, a pseudo-anglicism derived from English dance + -ing.
Words formed from dancing
- antidancing
- ballroom dancing
- barn dancing
- belly dancing
- border dancing
- break dancing
- break-dancing
- breakdancing
- Cotswold morris dancing
- country dancing
- dad dancing
- dad-dancing
- dancing bologna
- dancing girl
- dancing mania
- dancing master's kit
- dancing plant
- dancing school
- devil dancing
- dirty dancing
- disco dancing
- folk dancing
- grave dancing
- Highland dancing
- horizontal dancing
- ice dancing
- Irish step dancing
- line dancing
- morris dancing
- pole dancing
- ropedancing
- skirt dancing
- slam dancing
- square dancing
- step dancing
- swing dancing
- table dancing
- tap-dancing
- tap dancing
- taxi dancing
- wire-dancing
Phrases with dancing
- dancing out
- fan dancing
- lap dancing
- toe dancing
- baby dancing
- buck dancing
- slow dancing
- dancing girls
- dancing juice
- dancing links
- potty dancing
- contra dancing
19 more phrasesFewer phrases
- dancing around
- dancing manias
- pee-pee dancing
- Dancing Israelis
- dancing attendance
- dancing on nothing
- dancing upon nothing
- dancing master's kits
- dancing to a new tune
- dancing the Tyburn jig
- dancing with the devil
- all singing, all dancing
- dancing to someone's tune
- dancing on someone's grave
- put on one's dancing shoes
- dancing to a different tune
- puts on one's dancing shoes
- putting on one's dancing shoes
- angels dancing on the head of a pin
Questions about dancing
- What does dancing mean?
- Dancing means the activity of taking part in a dance.
- What is dancing in Telugu?
- Dancing in Telugu is నర్తించుట (nartiñcuṭa). See Dancing meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is dancing?
- Dancing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dancing?
- Dancing is pronounced /ˈdɑːns.ɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dancing?
- The plural of dancing is dancings.
Words near dancing in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dancing (page history and authors); dancing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dancing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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