tango

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  1. noun A Latin American ballroom dance in 2/4 or 4/4 time.
  2. noun The music for this dance.
  3. intransitive verb To perform this dance.

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  • A whole lot of people still knew how to jitterbug and waltz and even tango, and some of them were pretty good You ever been here before? —  Cat and Mouse
  • The Neon did a tango, a schottische, and a Virginia reel, but somehow came to a stop in a cloud of dust and gravel. —  ElleryQueen'sMysteryMagazine,February2003
  • They found a tango, a dance that had been new and racy during my family's last two summers here, and set about it with great seriousness that soon gave way to laughter. —  King, Laurie R - Russell-Holmes 08 - Locked Rooms
  • “This tango is long gone.” Without another word, the man took off jogging down the street. —  ConsenttoKill
  • A grand piano stood in another corner, an acre of framed photos stood on top of its closed lid At the center of the room was a wooden area large enough for a tango--of a very fine dark wood. —  EQMM,June2006
 

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  1. American Spanish, possibly of Niger-Congo origin; akin to Ibibio tamgu, to dance.
 

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