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Webster 1913 Edition


Dancing

Dan′cing

,
p.
Adj.
&
vb.
Noun.
from
Dance
.
Dancing girl
,
one of the women in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls.
Dancing master
,
a teacher of dancing.
Dancing school
,
a school or place where dancing is taught.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dancing

D'ANCING

,
ppr.
Leaping and stepping to the sound of the voice or of an instrument; moving in measured steps; frisking about.

Definition 2024


dancing

dancing

English

Noun

dancing (countable and uncountable, plural dancings)

  1. The activity of taking part in a dance.
  2. (historical) A dance club in France.
    • 2001, William A. Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars
      New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.
    • 2003, Jeffrey H. Jackson, Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris (page 44)
      Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

dancing

  1. present participle of dance

Italian

Noun

dancing m (invariable)

  1. dance hall

Spanish

Noun

dancing m (plural dancings)

  1. dance hall