intransitive. Of living beings: To move briskly and sportively; to dance, frolic, gambol, jig. Also with about, away, in and out, off, and to frisk it…

To dance, to bob (with an implication of clumsiness or imperfection). Also transitive.

intransitive. To dance or leap in a frolicsome manner, to skip for merriment; to prance as a horse. Also with about, away.

to cut a caperor capers: to dance in a frolicsome way, to act fantastically. †to cut a caper on nothing: to be hanged.

to dance Barnaby: to dance to a quick movement, move expeditiously. to dance the Tyburn jig: to be hanged: cf. 3b. Obsolete.

With the feet lifted only a short distance from the ground. Chiefly in to dance low, to gallop low. Now rare.

intransitive. To dance a jig; to dance in a rapid, jerky, lively fashion. Also to jig it.

intransitive. To move restlessly, bustle, fidget: figurative to be fussy or restless, vex oneself. Also, to flinch, shrink. to fike and fling: to…

To perform (a dance or a dance-step) with a shuffle. Also absol. or intransitive.

intransitive. To walk or dance with slow steps.

intransitive and transitive (reflexive). To dance in an exuberant or uninhibited way. Also more generally: to twist or turn one's body.

intransitive. To dance in a manner involving close physical contact with a partner.

intransitive. To engage in headbanging to (esp. heavy metal or rock) music. Cf. headbanging, n. 3.

intransitive. To dance to or play funk music enthusiastically and in an improvised, uninhibited manner; (hence also) to enjoy oneself…

slang (originally U.S.). to strut one's funky stuff: to dance in a confident, uninhibited, or expressive way; to show off one's dance moves; cf. funky…

intransitive. To dance, esp. to hip-hop music, in a style characterized by rapid, exaggerated movements of the arms and legs. Cf. krumping, n.