Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.
- n. Music in duple meter for performing this dance.
- v. To perform this dance.
Wiktionary
- n. A Brazilian ballroom dance.
- v. To dance the samba.
WordNet 3.0
- v. dance the samba
- n. large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
- n. music composed for dancing the samba
- n. a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
- n. a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
Etymologies
- Portuguese (Wiktionary)
- Portuguese, possibly of African origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The word samba means to dance and invoke the African spirits.”
The Huffington Post: Afro-Brazilian History, Beats and Culture
“Gentle passages soon yielded to vigorous ones, and the word samba'' lost its cool when turned into a football-style chant.”
The Washington Post: In concert: Gogol Bordello at 9:30 Club
“By Anonymous, at 11: 16 PM samba is based on windows file sharing. mac hasn't been too great with windows file sharing. finally a communist company is a contradiction.”
“They struck up "Porta Romana bella, Porta Romana" in samba beat.”
“Curimin's style is sometimes called samba-funk, and it incorporates many jazz, bossa nova, and hip hop elements as well.”
“We haven't done the samba yet, so I think the samba will be a challenge for him.”
Dancing's Cheryl Burke: Rob Kardashian Is Not Distracted By Kim's Divorce
“We made it toward a parade with bands playing, streamers waving, people dancing in ways I´ve never seen it´s called samba! and the caparinhas FLOWING!”
“By playing jembe, you have to use a dundun drum, which is a very heavy base, and then you use another tone -- another instrument called a samba (ph), which is used to harmonize the music with it.”
“If you've seen pictures of Carnival, chances are they were taken at these neighborhood camps known as "samba schools" during the parades where cariocas somehow manage to simultaneously wear extravagant costumes while staying relatively naked.”
“The true surprise was the sad and beautiful "All Would Envy," a song written in 1999 that didn't make it onto the album "Brand New Day," but with its steady beat recalling a samba and”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘samba’.
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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!
tango, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, foxtantino, hip hop, hustle, jive, merengue, two step, paso doble, quickstep and 219 more...
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MUSIC - jazz
funky, pedal, bebop, rap, mix, sub, mid, rag, ECM, bpm, bop, Afro and 437 more...
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music genre
list of music genres - anything. even the most obscure sub-genres of sub-genres
twee pop, indie, shoegaze, doo-wop, punk, rock, jazz, pop, classical, hard rock, emo, goth and 190 more...
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Musikgenres
indietronic, shoegaze, antifolk, freak-folk, dance punk, dubstep, indie, electro, house, minimalist, underground, drum'n'base and 74 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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elvesoncrack's Words
lachrymose, blustering, fjord, chihuahua, chiffon, catalytic, stile, gefilte, prosh, thwart, ralph, ickle and 379 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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Favorite Five-Letter Words
Just what it sounds like. My favorites. Five letters.
ennui, barfy, samba, schwa, beefy, chunk, queef, spasm, skulk, bowel, elbow, fruit and 235 more...
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librarygoblin's words
crystal, ghost, mist, snow, labyrinth, citadel, tomb, mystery, arcane, conundrum, echo, dynamo and 389 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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Tulip Names I
No rhyme or reason other than that I like the names. :-) For more flower fun, see these lists:
Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names II: You Know ...abbey dream, abbey road, abodement, abra, abra elite, academician tstisin, acapulco, ace of diamonds, acropolis, ad hoc, adamo, addis and 597 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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MacBean's Words
verisimilitude, antediluvian, schadenfreude, eviscerate, exsanguinate, onomatopoeia, aesthetic, apocryphal, aubergine, byronic, brouhaha, bordello and 523 more...
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lucidityprevails's Words
lucidity, journalistic, truthiness, foolhardy, egotism, lesbian, orgasmic, activism, moonglow, voodoo, conquer, demolish and 534 more...
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Dance and Music
About folk, dancing styles, music styles, popular songs, etc.
Acerca del folclore, bailes, estilos musicales, canciones populares, etc.jota, flamenco, sevillanas, salsa, samba, crooner, rock and roll, jazz, blues, soul, tango, cucaracha and 13 more...
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