valsen.
/vɑːls/, /vals/, /vɔːls/, U.S. /vɑls/ A round dance in triple time, a waltz; the music for this. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz
waltz1781
valse1796
waltzing1811
valsing1870
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > waltz
valse1796
waltz1816
Viennese waltz1842
1796 Times 19 Feb. in Ashton Old Times (1885) 321 The young Ladies are particularly favourable to a German Dance, called the Volse.
1880 Grove's Dict. Music I. 350/1 [Chopin's] first..compositions were dances: Polonaises, Mazurkas, and Valses.
1894 E. Scott Dancing 168 The Versa, a new Valse Dance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
valsev.
/vɑːls/, /vals/, /vɔːls/, U.S. /vɑls/ intransitive. To dance the valse or waltz; to waltz.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > dance ballroom dance [verb (intransitive)] > waltz
waltzc1794
valse1870
Boston1913
18701 [see valsing n. at Derivatives].
1876 The World V. No. 114. 19 With whom Maud fancies herself in love because he valses so divinely.
Derivatives
ˈvalser n.
ˈvalsing n. also transferred
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz
waltz1781
valse1796
waltzing1811
valsing1870
1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 102 The gnats are dancing round and round..I wonder that that incessant valsing does not make them giddy.
1870 H. Smart Race for Wife i. 9 I am quite willing to look on at your valsing for another hour.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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