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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective from dance.
  • adjective one of the women in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls.
  • adjective a teacher of dancing.
  • adjective a school or place where dancing is taught.

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  • adjective Describing something or someone that is currently in the act of dancing. (See dance.)
  • noun The activity of dancing (see the verb dance).
  • verb Present participle of dance.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

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Examples

  • I fancied I was slightly disappointed in Taglioni, whose dancing followed Pasta's singing, but I suppose the magnificent tragical performance I had just witnessed had numbed as it were my power of appreciation of her grace and elegance, and yet she seemed to me like a _dancing flower_; so you see I must have like her very much.

    Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851

  • Mark, who as well as being a highly skilled conservator and connoisseur of Latin American dancing is also a dedicated twitcher, knew what I meant.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Hula dancing is a lot like sign language: If you don't know the language, you can't enjoy it as much.

    George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010

  • Hula dancing is a lot like sign language: If you don't know the language, you can't enjoy it as much.

    George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010

  • At Purdue, Tiller was always looking for what he described as "dancing bears" up front who could handle the team's complicated blocking schemes.

    The NFL's Mount Passmore Scott Cacciola 2011

  • The main distinction in Mr. Stern's design is the inclusion of dozens of what he calls "dancing mullions."

    A Home for Art That's Outside the Box Robbie Whelan 2011

  • Shalene's been watching me ... and my dancing is actually watchable!

    Archive 2006-10-01 2006

  • Shalene's been watching me ... and my dancing is actually watchable!

    God Listens 2006

  • I get them all enthused about it, and through long experience I am able to tell which group is going to be what I call my dancing girls or boys.

    The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Ned Wayburn

  • Then their women are so immodest; striding about in ball-rooms with very little on, and embracing strange men in a whirligig which they call dancing, but very unlike the dignified movements which our male dancers exhibit in the Confucian temple.

    The Civilization of China Herbert Allen Giles 1890

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