A ‘court dance’; apparently a particular dance of a lively character.

A lively kind of old dance. Obsolete.

A very animated Italian and Spanish dance for one couple in which there are numerous sudden skips or jumps. Also, the music for this, or a…

A lively dance popular in the early 19th cent., performed to music set in duple time.

A flinging about of the body or limbs. A dance in which the arms and legs are moved with great vigour, esp. in the Highland fling (also figurative)

Name of a lively song and dance, popular among the French revolutionists in 1793.

A lively kind of dance, of Hungarian origin.

A lively dance in 2/4 time for couples, popular esp. in the second quarter of the 19th cent.

A Bohemian folk dance; a ballroom dance in 3/4 or 3/8 time based on this. Also: a piece of music intended to accompany such a dance.

Any of several popular dances in which participants imitate bird movements in a synchronized routine, typically performed to a lively tune or song…

The action or practice of dancing the polka.

A dance of foreign origin resembling the polka, first introduced in England in 1848. Also the music for such a dance.

Highlandor Balmoral Schottische: a lively dance resembling the Highland fling. Military Schottische: a dance of American origin.

A lively dance popular in the 1920s, similar to a foxtrot. Now historical and rare.

A light-hearted popular song beginning thus; a popular dance in which the knees are vigorously raised to the accompaniment of the song. So elliptical…

Any of several popular dances in which participants imitate bird movements in a synchronized routine, typically performed to a lively tune or song; =…