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dancing around

dancing around is the present participle and gerund of dance around.

Meaning of dance around

Verb

dance around (third-person singular simple present dances around, present participle dancing around, simple past and past participle danced around)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To avoid (a topic) by circumlocution etc.
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) To lead on or delay by deceit; to cause someone to waste time.
  3. (intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dance, around.

Questions about dancing around

What is dancing around the present participle and gerund of?
Dancing around is the present participle and gerund of dance around.

Words near dancing around in the dictionary

  1. dancily
  2. dancin
  3. dancin'
  4. danciness
  5. dancing
  6. dancing around
  7. dancing attendance
  8. dancing bologna
  9. dancing girl
  10. dancing girls
  11. Dancing Israelis

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