* DANCE * HOP to move by jumping on one foot [v HOPPED, HOPPING, HOPS] : HOPPY, HOPPER(s) JIG to {bob=v} [v JIGGED, JIGGING, JIGS] : JIGGER(s), JIGLIKE, JIGGY PAS a dance step [n PAS] ALMA {almah=n} [n -S] : ALMA ALMAH ALME ALMEH ALME {almah=n} [n -S] : ALMA ALMAH ALME ALMEH CLOG to block up or obstruct or to dance with clogs [v CLOGGED, CLOGGING, CLOGS] : CLOGGINGS FRUG to perform a type of vigorous dance [v FRUGGED, FRUGGING, FRUGS] HOOF the hard covering on the feet of certain animals [n HOOVES or HOOFS] / to {dance=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : HOOFER(s) HORA an Israeli dance [n -S] HULA a Hawaiian dance [n -S] JETE a ballet leap [n -S] JOTA a Spanish dance [n -S] JUBA a lively dance [n -S] KOLO a European folk dance [n -LOS] MOSH to engage in frenzied dancing with others at a rock concert [v -ED, -ING, -ES] : MOSHING(s) PLIE a movement in ballet [n -S] PROM a formal dance [n -S] RAVE to speak irrationally or incoherently [v RAVED, RAVING, RAVES] : RAVEY SHAG to make {shaggy=adj} [v SHAGGED, SHAGGING, SHAGS] SOCA a blend of soul and calypso music [n -S] STEP to move by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place [v STEPPED, STEPPING, STEPS] : OUTSTEP TUTU a short ballet skirt [n -S] : TUTUED [adj] ZOUK a dance music of the French West Indies [n -S] ALMAH an Egyptian girl who sings and dances professionally [n -S] : ALMA ALMAH ALME ALMEH ALMEH {almah=n} [n -S] : ALMA ALMAH ALME ALMEH BANDA a style of Mexican dance music [n -S] BATTU pertaining to a ballet movement [adj] BOOGY {boogie=v} [v -GIED, -GYING, -GIES] : BOOGEY BOOGIE BOOGY, BOOGALOO BUTOH a style of modern Japanese dance [n -S] CONGA to perform a conga (Latin American dance) [v -ED, -ING, -S] COOCH a sinuous dance [n -ES] DANCE to move rhythmically to music [v DANCED, DANCING, DANCES] : DANCEY DISCO to dance at a discotheque [v -ED, -ING, -S or -ES] GALOP to dance a galop (a lively round dance) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : GALOPADE(s) GAVOT a French dance [n -S] : GAVOTTE [v] GIGUE a lively dance [n -S] HOPAK a Ukrainian dance [n -S] HOPPY having the taste of hops (catkins of a particular vine) [adj -PIER, -PIEST] JIGGY pleasurably excited [adj -GIER, -GIEST] LIMBO a condition of oblivion or neglect [n -S] / to perform a West Indian dance [v -ED -ING -ES] LINDY a lively dance [n -DIES] / to perform a fast, lively dance [v LINDIED LINDIES LINDYING] MAMBO to perform a ballroom dance [v -ED, -ING, -ES or -S] MUDRA a hand gesture in East Indian classical dancing [n -S] PAVAN a slow, stately dance [n -S] : PAVAN PAVANE PAVIN PAVIN {pavan=n} [n -S] : PAVAN PAVANE PAVIN POLKA to perform a lively dance [v -ED, -ING, -S] RAVEY characteristic of a rave (an all-night dance party with fast electronic music) [adj RAVIER, RAVIEST] REJIG to {rejigger=v} [v -JIGGED, -JIGGING, -JIGS] RONDE a dance in which the dancers move in a circle [n -S] RUMBA to perform a ballroom dance [v -ED, -ING, -S] : RHUMBA SALSA a spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions, and peppers [n -S] SAMBA to perform a Brazilian dance [v -ED, -ING, -S] SKANK to dance in a loose-limbed manner [v -ED, -ING, -S] TANGO to perform a Latin-American dance [v -ED, -ING, -ES or -S] : TANGOLIKE VOGUE to imitate poses of fashion models [v VOGUED, VOGUING or VOGUEING, VOGUES] : VOGUER(s) WALTZ to perform a ballroom dance [v -ED, -ING, -ES] : WALTZER(s) BALLET a classical dance form [n -S] : BALLETIC [adj] BALLON lightness of movement [n -S] : BALLONNE(s) BOLERO a Spanish dance [n -ROS] BOOGEY {boogie=v} [v -GEYED, -GEYING, -GEYS] : BOOGEY BOOGIE BOOGY, BOOGALOO BOOGIE to dance to rock music [v -GIED, -GYING, -GIES] : BOOGEY BOOGIE BOOGY, BOOGALOO CANCAN a dance marked by high kicking [n -S] CHAINE a series of ballet turns [n -S] CHASSE to perform a dance movement [v CHASSED, CHASSEING, CHASSES] CHOREA a nervous disorder [n -S] : CHOREAL, CHOREIC, CHOREATIC [adj] CUMBIA a Latin American dance [n -S] DANCER one that {dances=v} [n -S] DANCEY suitable for dancing [adj DANCIER, DANCIEST] ENCORE to call for the reappearance of a performer [v -CORED, -CORING, -CORES] FADING an Irish dance [n -S] GERMAN an elaborate dance [n -S] GLISSE a dance step [n -S] HOOFER a professional dancer [n -S] HOPPER one that {hops=v} [n -S] JIGGER to jerk up and down [v -ED, -ING, -S] LEGONG a Balinese dance [n -S] MAXIXE a Brazilian dance [n -S] MINUET a slow, stately dance [n -S] / to dance a minuet (a slow, stately dance) [v -ED -ING -S] MORRIS an English folk dance [n -RISES] NAUTCH a dancing exhibition in India [n -ES] PAVANE {pavan=n} [n -S] : PAVAN PAVANE PAVIN POINTE a ballet position [n -S] REDOWA a lively dance [n -S] RELEVE a raising onto the toe in ballet [n -S] RHUMBA to {rumba=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] SHAGGY covered with long, coarse hair [adj -GIER, -GIEST] : SHAGGILY [adv] SHINDY a {shindig=n} [n -DYS or -DIES] VOGUER one that {vogues=v} [n -S] WAYANG a performance featuring puppets or human dancers [n -S] ARTISTE a skilled public performer [n -S] BEGUINE a lively dance [n -S] : BIGUINE(s) BHANGRA a form of popular Punjabi dance music [n -S] BIGUINE beguine (a lively dance) [n -S] BILLING the relative position in which a performer is listed [n -S] BOURREE an old French dance [n -S] BUNHEAD a female ballet dancer [n -S] CARIOCA a South American dance [n -S] CHOREAL [adj] CHOREIC [adj] CORANTO {courante=n} [n -TOS or -TOES] : CORANTO COURANT COURANTE COURANTO COURANT {courante=n} [n -S] : CORANTO COURANT COURANTE COURANTO CSARDAS czardas (a Hungarian dance) [n -ES] CZARDAS a Hungarian dance [n -ES] : CSARDAS(es) DANSEUR a male ballet dancer [n -S] DUBSTEP a type of electronic dance music [n -S] ECHAPPE moving from a closed to an open position of the feet in ballet [adj] FOUETTE a movement in ballet [n -S] FOXTROT to dance the fox trot (a dance for couples) [v -TROTTED, -TROTTING, -TROTS] GAVOTTE to dance a gavot [v -VOTTED, -VOTTING, -VOTTES] HAMATSA a dance inspired by the spirit of a man-eating monster [n -S] HOEDOWN a square dance [n -S] HOPPING a going from one place to another of the same kind [n -S] JIGGISH suitable for a jig (a lively dance) [adj] LAMBADA a Brazilian dance [n -S] LANDLER a slow Austrian dance [n -S] MAZURKA a Polish dance [n -S] : MAZOURKA MOSHING frenzied dancing at a rock concert [n -S] MUSICAL a play in which dialogue is interspersed with songs and dances [n -S] OUTSTEP to step beyond [v -STEPPED, -STEPPING, -STEPS] RAGTIME a style of American dance music [n -S] SALTANT jumping or dancing [adj] SARDANA a Spanish folk dance [n -S] SHINDIG an elaborate dance or party [n -S] SOUKOUS a dance music in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [n -ES] TOESHOE a dance slipper without a heel [n -S] VOGUING a dance consisting of a series of styled poses [n -S] WALTZER one that {waltzes=v} [n -S] ZAPATEO a Spanish dance [n -TEOS] BALLONNE a ballet jump [n -S] : BALLON(s) BALLROOM a large room for dancing [n -S] BATTERIE a ballet movement [n -S] BAYADEER {bayadere=n} [n -S] BAYADERE a dancing girl [n -S] : BAYADEER BOOGALOO to dance to rock music [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BOOGEY BOOGIE BOOGY CACHUCHA a Spanish dance [n -S] CAKEWALK to step stylishly [v -ED, -ING, -S] : CAKEWALKER(s) CAPOEIRA a Brazilian dance [n -S] CHACONNE an ancient dance [n -S] CHOREOID resembling {chorea=n} [adj] CONJUNTO a style of dance music along the Mexican border [n -TOS] CORYPHEE a ballet dancer [n -S] COTILLON a ballroom dance [n -S] : COTILLION COURANTE an old, lively dance [n -S] : CORANTO COURANT COURANTE COURANTO COURANTO {courante=n} [n -TOS or -TOES] : CORANTO COURANT COURANTE COURANTO DANSEUSE a female ballet dancer [n -S] EURYTHMY harmony of movement or structure [n -MIES] : EURYTHMIC(s) FANDANGO a lively Spanish dance [n -GOS or -GOES] FIGURANT a ballet dancer who dances only in groups [n -S] FLAMENCO a strongly rhythmic style of dancing [n -COS] FOOTWORK the use of the feet [n -S] GALLIARD a lively dance [n -S] GALOPADE a lively round dance [n -S] : GALLOPADE(s) GLISSADE to perform a gliding dance step [v -SADED, -SADING, -SADES] HABANERA a Cuban dance [n -S] HOKYPOKY {trickery=n} [n -KIES] : HOKEYPOKEY(s) JUNGLIST a performer of a style of fast dance music [n -S] KAZACHOC kazachok (a Russian folk dance) [n -S] : KAZACHOC KAZACHOK KAZATSKI KAZATSKY (pl. KAZACHKI, KAZATSKIES) KAZACHOK a Russian folk dance [n KAZACHKI] : KAZACHOC KAZACHOK KAZATSKI KAZATSKY (pl. KAZACHKI, KAZATSKIES) KAZATSKI {kazachok=n} [n -SKIES] : KAZACHOC KAZACHOK KAZATSKI KAZATSKY (pl. KAZACHKI, KAZATSKIES) KAZATSKY {kazachok=n} [n -SKIES] : KAZACHOC KAZACHOK KAZATSKI KAZATSKY (pl. KAZACHKI, KAZATSKIES) LANCIERS a French dance [n LANCIERS] MAZOURKA {mazurka=n} [n -S] MBAQANGA a South African dance music [n -S] MERENGUE a ballroom dance [n -S] MOONWALK an instance of walking on the moon [n -S] NONDANCE an unrhythmic dance [n -S] OUTDANCE to surpass in dancing [v -DANCED, -DANCING, -DANCES] RIGADOON a lively dance [n -S] SARABAND a stately Spanish dance [n -S] : SARABANDE(s) SIDESTEP to step to one side [v -STEPPED, -STEPPING, -STEPS] : SIDESTEPPER(s) VIRTUOSA a female {virtuoso=n} [n -SAS or -SE] VIRTUOSO a highly skilled artistic performer [n -SOS or -SI] BOOGERMAN [n] BOOGERMEN : BOGEYMAN BOGYMAN BOOGERMAN BOOGEYMAN BOOGIEMAN BOOGYMAN BOOGEYMAN [n] BOOGEYMEN : BOGEYMAN BOGYMAN BOOGERMAN BOOGEYMAN BOOGIEMAN BOOGYMAN BOOGIEMAN [n] BOOGIEMEN : BOGEYMAN BOGYMAN BOOGERMAN BOOGEYMAN BOOGIEMAN BOOGYMAN CHOREATIC CLOGGINGS CLOGGING, the act of dancing while wearing shoes with thick wooden soles [n] COTILLION [n -S] : COTILLON DANCEABLE : UNDANCEABLE EURYTHMIC [n -S] : EURYTHMY FARANDOLE [n -S] GALLOPADE (galopade=n) [n -S] JITTERBUG [v -BUGGED -BUGGING -S] NONDANCER [n -S] PASODOBLE [n -S] PIROUETTE [v -ETTED -ETTING -ETTES] POUSSETTE [v -SETTED -SETTING -SETTES] QUICKSTEP [n -S] SARABANDE (saraband=n) [n -S] SLAMDANCE [v -DANCED, -DANCING, -DANCES] VOGUISHLY CAKEWALKER [n -S] CORROBOREE [n -S] HOKEYPOKEY [n -S] : HOKYPOKY ROPEDANCER [n -S] BALLETOMANE [n -S] CHOREOGRAPH [v -ED -ING -S] : CHOREOGRAPHIC [adj], CHOREOGRAPHY CHOREOGRAPHER(s) ROPEDANCING [n -S] SCHOTTISCHE [n -S] SIDESTEPPER [n -S] UNDANCEABLE VOGUISHNESS [n -ES] BALLETOMANIA [n -S] CHOREOGRAPHY [n -PHIES] CHOREOGRAPHER [n -S] RECHOREOGRAPH [v -ED -ING -S] TERPSICHOREAN UNCHOREOGRAPHED * List compiled from OWL3 + OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka