waltz

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waltz /w'ɔːlts/ (waltzes waltzing waltzed)
1 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES] oft in names
A waltz is a piece of music with a rhythm of three beats in each bar, which people can dance to.
...Tchaikovsky's `Waltz of the Flowers'.
2 [N-COUNT]
A waltz is a dance in which two people hold each other and move around the floor doing special steps in time to waltz music.
Arthur Murray taught the foxtrot, the tango and the waltz.
3 [V-RECIP] V with n, pl-n V adv/prep
If you waltz with someone, you dance a waltz with them.
`Waltz with me,' he said, taking her hand...
Couples are waltzing round the wooden floor...
4 [VERB] V adv/prep
If you say that someone waltzes somewhere, you mean that they do something in a relaxed and confident way. (INFORMAL)
She's probably got herself a new man and gone waltzing off with him...

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