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rumbalike

rumbalike adjective: resembling or characteristic of rumba.

Adjective

rumbalike (comparative more rumbalike, superlative most rumbalike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of rumba.
    • On Tuesday night at the Village Vanguard, Mr. Rosenwinkel deployed his move more than once in the set’s opener, a sleek, rumbalike composition called “Our Secret World.”2008 February 28, Nate Chinen, “Technique That Glitters, Music That Hurtles Through”, in New York Times

Forms of rumbalike

comparativemore rumbalike
superlativemost rumbalike

Origin of rumbalike

From rumba + -like.

Questions about rumbalike

What does rumbalike mean?
Rumbalike means resembling or characteristic of rumba.
What part of speech is rumbalike?
Rumbalike is an adjective.

Words near rumbalike in the dictionary

  1. Rumansch
  2. Rumantsch
  3. rumba
  4. rumbaed
  5. rumbaing
  6. rumbalike
  7. Rumball
  8. Rumballs
  9. rumbas
  10. Rumbaugh
  11. Rumbaughs

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