Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A dance of Cuban origin, combining complex footwork with a pronounced movement of the hips.
- n. A modern ballroom adaptation of this dance.
- n. Music for this dance or in this style.
Wiktionary
- n. a slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time
- v. To dance the rumba.
WordNet 3.0
- n. syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
- n. a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
- v. dance the rhumba
- n. a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
Etymologies
- American Spanish, from Spanish rumbo, ship's course, revelry, pomp; see rhumb. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Mr. P é rez Firmat suggests that one attraction of the rumba was that it was less threatening than, say, Argentina 's overtly seductive tango: Smooth rather than sultry, the rumba is a dance of courtship, not possession.”
“Mr. SANABRIA: Right well this is - in Cuban music, it's what we call a rumba arietta (ph), an open rumba.”
“He retired on his Social Security to fish and golf inFloridaand enrolled in rumba classes where he took up with a Cuban divorcée twenty years his junior.”
“Kurt's dance partner, Anna Trebunskaya, explains to the happy couple that the rumba is a "dance of love," a "whole conversation: Do I want to?”
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“The rumba is a lot different from the jive, obviously.”
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“The rumba is my favorite dance, I even wrote a post during the last season of DTWS about my love for the rumba.”
“Penelope Katampe, injuring her face and causing extensive bruising during an April 3 argument at Chez Ntemba, a popular Lusaka rumba bar.”
“In the rumba, which is a sensual dance, you work your hips a lot," says Peri Rogovin, owner of 3rd Street Dance in Los”
“Evan was dancing the rumba, which is supposed to be slow and romantic; Nicole was dancing the tango, which is supposed to be more upbeat.”
“The rumba was a difficult number to train for because there has to be some vibe and energy for that romantic connection to be there.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rumba’.
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MUSIC - dance styles
A list generated by Phrontistery
http://phrontistery.info/dance.html
which I wanted to have along with my own lists on Wordnikallemande, beguine, bergamask, bolero, bossa-nova, boston, bourrée, bransle, buck-and-wing, cabriole, cakewalk, canary and 93 more...
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Redundancing
The Moves. Do~do~ditty!
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Dean Koontz Life Expectancy
Words I'm learning or investigating that I found by reading Life Expectancy (not all words are in the book).
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The braggadocio recipe
A selection of English* words ending with a vowel (except "y", "ea", ie", "ee", "oo", "ea", "ou") that is REALLY pronounced.
My favorite English words, by the way.
The good twin of The ...braggadocio, recipe, encyclopedia, solo, gnu, flu, maybe, apocope, mini, arrhythmia, folio, stereo and 197 more...
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One Left Footer's Manifesto
I was tragically born with an extra left foot. If I weren't so debilitated, this would be my to-do list.
cha cha, tango, waltz, fox trot, limbo, square dance, line dance, mosh, breakdance, pop and lock, robot, salsa and 98 more...
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Beautiful Music
a cappella, accelerando, accompagnato, adagio, ad libitum, agitato, aleatory, alla breve, allegro, allemande, alto, andante and 548 more...
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Dance Magic Dance
Styles of dance
ballet, tango, waltz, salsa, polka, swing, charleston, foxtrot, jitterbug, tap, quickstep, mambo and 101 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (R)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
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The Hills are Alive
...with the Sound of Music.
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