dancer

dance

D0020500 (dăns)v. danced, danc·ing, danc·es v.intr.1. To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures.2. Zoology To perform a specialized set of movements to communicate chiefly with other members of the same species.3. a. To move or leap about excitedly.b. To bob up and down or move about rapidly: The leaves danced in the wind.c. To appear to flash or twinkle: eyes that danced with merriment.4. Informal To speak or behave in an evasive or vacillating manner: danced around the issue.v.tr.1. To engage in or perform (a dance).2. To lead (someone) in a dance.3. To cause to move up and down quickly or lightly: danced the child on her knee.n.1. a. A series of motions and steps, such as the waltz or tango, usually performed to music.b. The act or an instance of dancing: May I have this dance?c. The music composed or played for a certain kind of dance or for a particular dance.d. The art of dancing: studied dance in college.2. A party or gathering of people for dancing.3. Zoology An act of communication by dancing: a peacock's courtship dance.Idiom: dance attendance on To attend to or try to please (someone) with eagerness or obsequiousness.

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[Middle English dauncen, from Old French danser, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

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danc′er n.danc′ing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dancer - a performer who dances professionallyprofessional dancer, terpsichoreanballet dancer - a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet companyballet master - a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet companyballet mistress - a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet companybelly dancer, exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer - a woman who performs a solo belly dancechorine, chorus girl, showgirl - a woman who dances in a chorus linedance master, dancing-master - a professional teacher of dancinghoofer, stepper - a professional dancerkachina - a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spiritnautch girl - a professional dancing girl in Indiaperformer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audiencetap dancer, tapper - a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoestaxi dancer - a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance
	2.	dancer - a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)social dancerindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"clog dancer - someone who does clog dancingdancing partner - one of a pair of people who dance togetherfolk dancer - someone who does folk dancesraver - a participant in a rave dancing partywaltzer - a dancer who waltzes

dancer

noun ballerina, hoofer (slang), Terpsichorean His girlfriend was a ballet dancer.

dancer

nounA person who dances, especially professionally:terpsichorean.Slang: hoofer.

Translations

舞蹈家舞蹈演员

dance

(daːns) verb1. to move in time to music by ma-king a series of rhythmic steps. She began to dance; Can you dance the waltz? 跳舞 跳舞2. to move quickly up and down. The father was dancing the baby on his knee. 上下跳動 上下摆动 noun1. a series of fixed steps made in time to music. Have you done this dance before?; (also adjective) dance music. 舞蹈 舞蹈2. a social gathering at which people dance. We're going to a dance next Saturday. 舞會 舞会ˈdancer nouna ballet dancer. 舞者 舞蹈演员ˈdancing nounShe likes dancing; (also adjective) dancing shoes. 跳舞，跳舞用的 跳舞，跳舞用的

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