waltzn.

Brit.

/wɔːl(t)s/,

/wɒl(t)s/, U.S.

/wɔl(t)s/,

/wɑl(t)s/

Forms: Also 1700s valze, waltze, 1800s plural waltses, 1700s–1800s valtz, walse. See also valse n.

Etymology: < German walzer, < walzen to roll, revolve, dance the waltz.

1. A dance performed to music in triple time by couples who, almost embracing each other, swing round and round in the same direction with smooth and even steps, moving on as they gyrate.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz

waltz1781

valse1796

waltzing1811

valsing1870

1781 R. Twining Jrnl. 16 Sept. in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 74 I found on inquiry that this was a favourite German dance called a waltz.

?1795 ‘Officer of Guards’ Accurate & Impartial Narr. War II. i. 5 All these fair Flammandes gain force, In the Valtz, as they spin in their whirligig course.

1798 H. M. Williams Tour Switzerland I. 34 The walse, which is now never forgotten at a Paris ball.

1812 Ld. Byron (title) The Waltz.

1825 W. Hamilton Hand-bk. Terms Arts & Sci. Waltz, in Music, the name of a riotous and indecent German dance.

1872 E. Braddon Life in India iv. 145 She will be able to reward the virtuous youth who is fast and smooth in the valtz.

1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette I. i. 7 The very memory of those waltzes makes my arms ache.

figurative.1802 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 403 The ghosts of his departed guineas dance an ugly waltz round my idea.attributive.1826 J. M. Sherer Notes & Refl. Ramble Germany 37 My steps were arrested..by the sound of soft waltz music.

2. A piece of music to accompany this dance, in the same time and rhythm.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > waltz

valse1796

waltz1816

Viennese waltz1842

1816 J. Austen Emma II. viii. 168 Mrs. Weston..was seated, and beginning an irresistible waltz .

1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. ix. 100 The band..played a waltz.

†3. A party or soirée for waltzing. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > other balls or dances

carolc1300

buttock-ball1698

redoubt1698

ridotto1708

race ball1770

county ball1771

dress ball?1772

promenade1778

waltz1802

hunt ball1807

dignity ball1834

ball-royala1843

polkery1845

jigging-party1872

prom1879

Cinderella dance1883

dinner dance1887

white ball1891

cotillion1898

taxi dance1910

Stampede Dance1950

go-go1965

1802 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) 6 192 If men and women of fashion will come forward, and..give balls, waltses, and suppers.

4. Something accomplished with ease. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > that which is easy

ball play?c1225

child's gamec1380

boys' play1538

walkover1861

picnic1870

pudding1884

cakewalk1886

pie1886

cinch1888

snipa1890

pushover1891

pinch1897

sitter1898

pipe1902

five-finger exercise1903

duck soup1912

pud1917

breeze1928

kid stuff1929

soda1930

piece of cake1936

doddle1937

snack1941

stroll1942

piece of piss1949

waltz1968

1968 Time 5 July 38 Though Dancer eased him up at the end, Nevele Pride won in a waltz.

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard vi. 179 The qualifying examinations conducted through the Civil Service Commission were a waltz.

Compounds

waltz king n. [German Walzerkönig] an epithet applied to the Viennese composer Johann Strauss (1825–99), famous for his waltzes.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > specific composer

waltz king1908

1908 Busy Man's Mag. Feb. 51/2 Johann Strauss, ‘the waltz king’.

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 1013/1 It seems as likely that such a waltz as the Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss the younger, the ‘Waltz King’, will last for ever as that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony will do so.

waltz-length adj. (of a garment) calf-length.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific length

foot-sideOE

sideOE

long-side1575

sidelong1575

nock-shorn1632

talarian1671

three-quarter1713

overknee1831

talaric1853

high water1856

ankle-length1876

long1882

hip-length1893

knee-length1895

thigh-length1895

fingertip1920

mid-calf1931

wrist-length1935

floor-length1939

cropped1954

waltz-length1958

two-thirds1963

calf-length1965

midi1968

1958 Vogue Nov. 40 (advt.) Nightgowns with lace, or ribbons and bows, in waltz length or swirling to the ankles.

1975 New Yorker 17 Nov. 134/2 A waltz-length, front-fastened Edwardian robe of snowy cotton, with textured scrolls of guipure on its yokes, is $75.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

waltzv.

Brit.

/wɔːl(t)s/,

/wɒl(t)s/, U.S.

/wɔl(t)s/,

/wɑl(t)s/

Forms: Also 1800s valtz, walze, walse.

Etymology: < waltz n. or directly < German walz-en.

a. intransitive. To dance a waltz. Also, to be addicted to, or practised in, the waltz; to dance the waltz in a specified manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > dance ballroom dance [verb (intransitive)] > waltz

waltzc1794

valse1870

Boston1913

c1794 Search after Perfect. iii. i, in New Brit. Theatre (1814) III. 56 The sight of a lady waltzing.

1812 Ld. Byron Waltz To Publ. ‘Lord! Mr. Hornem, Can't you see they're valtzing?’ or waltzing (I forget which).

1841 J. L. Motley Let. 26 Dec. in Corr. (1889) I. iv. 93 I waltzed one waltz.

1870 F. H. Furnivall in A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. Forewords 110 Oh fair-haired Alice, how well you waltz!

b. transferred. To move lightly, trippingly, or nimbly. Also, to move unconcernedly or boldly, as to waltz into, off, up (to), etc. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > lightly

flitc1430

whitter1513

skifta1586

whidc1730

waltz1862

skifter1887

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > leisurely or carelessly

lop1587

dander?1590

dandle?1590

lolla1657

saunter1671

sidle1697

sail1699

toddle1726

lollop1745

to loll it1796

waltz1862

faffle1869

flane1876

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. vii. 721 Big war-clouds waltzing hither and thither, occasionally clashing into bloody conflict.

1887 in Amer. Speech (1950) 25 39/2 Out on the Mississippi Valley road when his girl waltzed up.

1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 205 All you have to do is to put a good ‘front on’, and waltz in with the crowd.

1900 Cent. Mag. Feb. 600/1 With a fair wind she waltzed beautifully round the coast.

1935 G. Heyer Death in Stocks v. 63 Tony seemed to have waltzed off for the night, so I wandered out on my own.

1951 J. Fleming Man who looked Back i. 10 Here she was waltzing off with this nurse and leaving Ray..alone.

1974 F. Nolan Oshawa Project ii. 12 He'll walk any nomination..and waltz into the White House without even having to put up a fight.

1978 N. Marsh Grave Mistake viii. 240 P'raps..he'll come waltzing back with a silly grin on his face having been to stay with his auntie.

1979 C. MacLeod Luck runs Out v. 50 If any student or students had..got mixed up in a mess like this, they'd hardly come waltzing up to the President in open assembly and say so.

1980 ‘R. B. Dominic’ Attending Physician xxiv. 218 He waltzed off to be the first one in the lounge.

1984 B. Francis AA Car Duffer's Guide 6/1 That same afternoon..the vicar's lady waltzes in.

c. quasi-transitive (with adverb complement): To move (a person, oneself) as in a waltz.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > whirl > a person

waltz1853

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House viii. 67 We are always..revolving about the Lord Chancellor and all his satellites, and equitably waltzing ourselves off to dusty death, about Costs.

1881 M. C. Hay Missing II. 237 How Edgar laughed as he waltzed me through the hall!

1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 600/2 He seized me and waltzed me around the little dining-room.

d. transitive. To transport or convey (something). U.S. jocular.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)]

haveeOE

ferryOE

weighOE

bearOE

take?a1160

weve13..

carry1348

passa1350

tow1391

geta1393

convey1393

winc1400

transport1483

set1487

convoy1500

traduce1535

port1566

repair1612

vehiculate1628

transmute1683

transplant1769

gallant1806

transit1859

inveigh1878

waltz1884

sashay1928

conduct-

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn iii. 33 They've got to waltz that palace around over the country wherever you want it.

1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ xi. 197 He'd call the men off just the same, and leave us to waltz the timbers around all by ourselves.

e. to waltz Matilda: see to walk (also waltz) Matilda at Matilda n.

Derivatives

ˈwaltzing n. and adj. waltzing mouse = waltzer n. b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz

waltz1781

valse1796

waltzing1811

valsing1870

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [adjective] > waltz

waltzing1811

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Mus or mouse > mus musculus or house mouse > waltzing mouse

waltzing mouse1896

Japanese waltzing mouse1902

Japanese waltzer1904

waltzer1904

1811 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 22 Her waltzing is the prettiest thing that can be seen.

1811 Ld. Glenbervie Jrnls. (1910) 143 Mr. And Mrs. Johnstone, whose splendid dinners and walzing balls we partook of at Brighton.

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 223 I suppose she is disappointed of her waltzing partner.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlvii. 422 The Lord George Gaunt was desired to return from Vienna, where he was engaged in waltzing and diplomacy.

1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. iv. 75 They commenced sliding round the ring with a peculiar waltzing step.

1896 Fancy Mice (ed. 4) 45 Waltzing Mice.

1904 Biometrika 3 4 Japanese waltzing mice.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	waltz
释义	waltzn. Brit. /wɔːl(t)s/, /wɒl(t)s/, U.S. /wɔl(t)s/, /wɑl(t)s/ Forms: Also 1700s valze, waltze, 1800s plural waltses, 1700s–1800s valtz, walse. See also valse n. Etymology: < German walzer, < walzen to roll, revolve, dance the waltz. 1. A dance performed to music in triple time by couples who, almost embracing each other, swing round and round in the same direction with smooth and even steps, moving on as they gyrate. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz waltz1781 valse1796 waltzing1811 valsing1870 1781 R. Twining Jrnl. 16 Sept. in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 74 I found on inquiry that this was a favourite German dance called a waltz. ?1795 ‘Officer of Guards’ Accurate & Impartial Narr. War II. i. 5 All these fair Flammandes gain force, In the Valtz, as they spin in their whirligig course. 1798 H. M. Williams Tour Switzerland I. 34 The walse, which is now never forgotten at a Paris ball. 1812 Ld. Byron (title) The Waltz. 1825 W. Hamilton Hand-bk. Terms Arts & Sci. Waltz, in Music, the name of a riotous and indecent German dance. 1872 E. Braddon Life in India iv. 145 She will be able to reward the virtuous youth who is fast and smooth in the valtz. 1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette I. i. 7 The very memory of those waltzes makes my arms ache. figurative.1802 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 403 The ghosts of his departed guineas dance an ugly waltz round my idea.attributive.1826 J. M. Sherer Notes & Refl. Ramble Germany 37 My steps were arrested..by the sound of soft waltz music. 2. A piece of music to accompany this dance, in the same time and rhythm. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > waltz valse1796 waltz1816 Viennese waltz1842 1816 J. Austen Emma II. viii. 168 Mrs. Weston..was seated, and beginning an irresistible waltz . View more context for this quotation 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. ix. 100 The band..played a waltz. †3. A party or soirée for waltzing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > other balls or dances carolc1300 buttock-ball1698 redoubt1698 ridotto1708 race ball1770 county ball1771 dress ball?1772 promenade1778 waltz1802 hunt ball1807 dignity ball1834 ball-royala1843 polkery1845 jigging-party1872 prom1879 Cinderella dance1883 dinner dance1887 white ball1891 cotillion1898 taxi dance1910 Stampede Dance1950 go-go1965 1802 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) 6 192 If men and women of fashion will come forward, and..give balls, waltses, and suppers. 4. Something accomplished with ease. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > that which is easy ball play?c1225 child's gamec1380 boys' play1538 walkover1861 picnic1870 pudding1884 cakewalk1886 pie1886 cinch1888 snipa1890 pushover1891 pinch1897 sitter1898 pipe1902 five-finger exercise1903 duck soup1912 pud1917 breeze1928 kid stuff1929 soda1930 piece of cake1936 doddle1937 snack1941 stroll1942 piece of piss1949 waltz1968 1968 Time 5 July 38 Though Dancer eased him up at the end, Nevele Pride won in a waltz. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard vi. 179 The qualifying examinations conducted through the Civil Service Commission were a waltz. Compounds waltz king n. [German Walzerkönig] an epithet applied to the Viennese composer Johann Strauss (1825–99), famous for his waltzes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > specific composer waltz king1908 1908 Busy Man's Mag. Feb. 51/2 Johann Strauss, ‘the waltz king’. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 1013/1 It seems as likely that such a waltz as the Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss the younger, the ‘Waltz King’, will last for ever as that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony will do so. waltz-length adj. (of a garment) calf-length. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific length foot-sideOE sideOE long-side1575 sidelong1575 nock-shorn1632 talarian1671 three-quarter1713 overknee1831 talaric1853 high water1856 ankle-length1876 long1882 hip-length1893 knee-length1895 thigh-length1895 fingertip1920 mid-calf1931 wrist-length1935 floor-length1939 cropped1954 waltz-length1958 two-thirds1963 calf-length1965 midi1968 1958 Vogue Nov. 40 (advt.) Nightgowns with lace, or ribbons and bows, in waltz length or swirling to the ankles. 1975 New Yorker 17 Nov. 134/2 A waltz-length, front-fastened Edwardian robe of snowy cotton, with textured scrolls of guipure on its yokes, is $75. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). waltzv. Brit. /wɔːl(t)s/, /wɒl(t)s/, U.S. /wɔl(t)s/, /wɑl(t)s/ Forms: Also 1800s valtz, walze, walse. Etymology: < waltz n. or directly < German walz-en. a. intransitive. To dance a waltz. Also, to be addicted to, or practised in, the waltz; to dance the waltz in a specified manner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > dance ballroom dance [verb (intransitive)] > waltz waltzc1794 valse1870 Boston1913 c1794 Search after Perfect. iii. i, in New Brit. Theatre (1814) III. 56 The sight of a lady waltzing. 1812 Ld. Byron Waltz To Publ. ‘Lord! Mr. Hornem, Can't you see they're valtzing?’ or waltzing (I forget which). 1841 J. L. Motley Let. 26 Dec. in Corr. (1889) I. iv. 93 I waltzed one waltz. 1870 F. H. Furnivall in A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. Forewords 110 Oh fair-haired Alice, how well you waltz! b. transferred. To move lightly, trippingly, or nimbly. Also, to move unconcernedly or boldly, as to waltz into, off, up (to), etc. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > lightly flitc1430 whitter1513 skifta1586 whidc1730 waltz1862 skifter1887 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > leisurely or carelessly lop1587 dander?1590 dandle?1590 lolla1657 saunter1671 sidle1697 sail1699 toddle1726 lollop1745 to loll it1796 waltz1862 faffle1869 flane1876 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. vii. 721 Big war-clouds waltzing hither and thither, occasionally clashing into bloody conflict. 1887 in Amer. Speech (1950) 25 39/2 Out on the Mississippi Valley road when his girl waltzed up. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 205 All you have to do is to put a good ‘front on’, and waltz in with the crowd. 1900 Cent. Mag. Feb. 600/1 With a fair wind she waltzed beautifully round the coast. 1935 G. Heyer Death in Stocks v. 63 Tony seemed to have waltzed off for the night, so I wandered out on my own. 1951 J. Fleming Man who looked Back i. 10 Here she was waltzing off with this nurse and leaving Ray..alone. 1974 F. Nolan Oshawa Project ii. 12 He'll walk any nomination..and waltz into the White House without even having to put up a fight. 1978 N. Marsh Grave Mistake viii. 240 P'raps..he'll come waltzing back with a silly grin on his face having been to stay with his auntie. 1979 C. MacLeod Luck runs Out v. 50 If any student or students had..got mixed up in a mess like this, they'd hardly come waltzing up to the President in open assembly and say so. 1980 ‘R. B. Dominic’ Attending Physician xxiv. 218 He waltzed off to be the first one in the lounge. 1984 B. Francis AA Car Duffer's Guide 6/1 That same afternoon..the vicar's lady waltzes in. c. quasi-transitive (with adverb complement): To move (a person, oneself) as in a waltz. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > whirl > a person waltz1853 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House viii. 67 We are always..revolving about the Lord Chancellor and all his satellites, and equitably waltzing ourselves off to dusty death, about Costs. 1881 M. C. Hay Missing II. 237 How Edgar laughed as he waltzed me through the hall! 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 600/2 He seized me and waltzed me around the little dining-room. d. transitive. To transport or convey (something). U.S. jocular. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] haveeOE ferryOE weighOE bearOE take?a1160 weve13.. carry1348 passa1350 tow1391 geta1393 convey1393 winc1400 transport1483 set1487 convoy1500 traduce1535 port1566 repair1612 vehiculate1628 transmute1683 transplant1769 gallant1806 transit1859 inveigh1878 waltz1884 sashay1928 conduct- 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn iii. 33 They've got to waltz that palace around over the country wherever you want it. 1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ xi. 197 He'd call the men off just the same, and leave us to waltz the timbers around all by ourselves. e. to waltz Matilda: see to walk (also waltz) Matilda at Matilda n. Derivatives ˈwaltzing n. and adj. waltzing mouse = waltzer n. b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz waltz1781 valse1796 waltzing1811 valsing1870 society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [adjective] > waltz waltzing1811 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Mus or mouse > mus musculus or house mouse > waltzing mouse waltzing mouse1896 Japanese waltzing mouse1902 Japanese waltzer1904 waltzer1904 1811 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 22 Her waltzing is the prettiest thing that can be seen. 1811 Ld. Glenbervie Jrnls. (1910) 143 Mr. And Mrs. Johnstone, whose splendid dinners and walzing balls we partook of at Brighton. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 223 I suppose she is disappointed of her waltzing partner. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlvii. 422 The Lord George Gaunt was desired to return from Vienna, where he was engaged in waltzing and diplomacy. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. iv. 75 They commenced sliding round the ring with a peculiar waltzing step. 1896 Fancy Mice (ed. 4) 45 Waltzing Mice. 1904 Biometrika 3 4 Japanese waltzing mice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1781v.c1794
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