dancing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dancing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dancing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dancing n taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music Synonym(s): dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dance \Dance\ (d[adot]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Danced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dancing}.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[omac]n to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See {Thin}.] 1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically. Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither. Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your daughter? --Shak. 2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. Then, 'tis time to dance off. --Thackeray. More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. --Shak. Shadows in the glassy waters dance. --Byron. Where rivulets dance their wayward round. --Wordsworth. {To dance on a rope}, [or] {To dance on nothing}, to be hanged.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dancing \Dan"cing\, p. a. & vb. n. 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.