Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Latin American ballroom dance in 2/4 or 4/4 time.
- n. The music for this dance.
- v. To perform this dance.
Wiktionary
- n. A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
- n. The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- n. slang enemy, used amongst special police forces, derived from the abbreviation of target using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- n. A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
- v. To dance the tango.
- v. slang To handle, to flirt with, to deal with.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandango.
- n. Any of various popular forms derived from this.
- n. a musical tune appropriate for this dance.
WordNet 3.0
- v. dance a tango
- n. music written in duple time for dancing the tango
- n. a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
Etymologies
- Argentine-Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu ("to dance")). (Wiktionary)
- American Spanish, possibly of Niger-Congo origin; akin to Ibibio tamgu, to dance. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I began ballroom dance lessons three years ago and the tango is my favorite, especially the Argentine.”
“For the characters who decamp from there to South America and for their descendants who later make the return trip, the tango is a leitmotif.”
“The reptile and the male began to dance a certain Latin tango ...”
“The picture has a lush look but sees no need to be epic in scope; the group dance scene with the tango is just as 'alive' as anything in a Visconti movie.”
“Argentine tango is quite different from the ballroom-style tango I have been learning, but the idea of lead – follow is the same, regardless.”
“Flowers and a drawing decorate a makeshift memorial to Latin American tango icon Carlos Gardel, at his tomb on the 75th the anniversary of his death, in Buenos Aires,”
“Admirers of Latin American tango icon Carlos Gardel pay homage to the Latin”
“Admirers of Latin American tango icon Carlos Gardel pay homage at his tomb on the 75th the anniversary of his death, in Buenos Aires, Thursday, June 24, 2010.”
“Rio likely to follow BHP's lead and join short-term tango RIO Tinto is expected to follow the lead of BHP Billiton and Brazil's Vale by moving iron ore customers on to short-term pricing contracts, which are more closely tied to soaring spot prices and will deliver big profit gains this year.”
“This is so exciting – not just all the tips but that now I think my Argentine tango, which is entirely improvisational, and yoga from meditative perspective, can be helpful to my writing.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tango’.
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Fads
With bows of great respect to Connie Willis, author of "Bellwether" and other wonderful books.
Hula-Hoop, bungee-jumping, hair-bobbing, pogs, jitterbug, jogging, mesmerism, Ouija board, miniature golf, The Old Curiosity..., Harry Potter, line dancing and 271 more...
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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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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Not edible
Things that sound edible but are not (usually). See Liberty's To Eat, or Not to Eat? for more diet food.
cinnabar, dulcimer, belfries, potto, maltha, grapple, loam, rake, tort, pomade, buffalo chip, wedgie and 172 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
Afro, habanera, pentatonic scale, bop, bebop, jazz, cool jazz, pentatonic, malignment, music genre, jazz musician, syncopate 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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MUSIC - ALL TERMS
With focus on non-classical styles, but not excluding terms of the latter.
banjo, accompaniment, acoustic bass, bass guitar, bass clef, ground, brass, cornet, Mute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, arrangement and 866 more...
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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).
chutzpah, luminous, torchieres, dunderheaded, inane, lummox, fox-trot, rumba, cha-cha, tango, swing, flub and 37 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 1972 more... -
eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (T)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
tabard, tadpole, taffeta, taffy, talisman, tallgrass, tam, tamarind, tamarack, tambourine, tango, tansy and 144 more...
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Malachi_Constant's Words
triumverate, pandemic, parsnip, delineate, zamboni, parka, laser, swoop, malevolent, benevolent, fracas, tipsy and 372 more...
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nighthawks at the diner
being words from Tom Waits songs.
vinyl, cigarette, rhinestone, naugahyde, margarine, vermouth, gin, platinum, wurlitzer, menthol, oldsmobile, asphalt and 90 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for tango.
reesetee Wow! Beautiful photos, sionnach! Aug 22, 2008
sionnach colores del tango Aug 22, 2008
sionnach You think I could omit this from my Buenos Aires list?
Not just a member of the phonetic alphabet. So much more than that. Aug 14, 2008