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noun
- A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
- (music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
- Music played to the hornpipe dance
- A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
- an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
- a British solo dance performed by sailors
- music for dancing the hornpipe
verb
noun
- Stepping (style of dance)
- (colloquial) A stepchild.
- (glassblowing) The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
- (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- (in the plural) A walk; passage.
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- (in the plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- (slang, primarily Netherlands) Kick scooter.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- A small space or distance.
- (colloquial) A stepsibling.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
- (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
- a musical interval of two semitones
- the distance covered by a step
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- relative position in a graded series
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- the sound of a step of someone walking
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
- a short distance
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To dance.
- (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- (intransitive, slang) To be confrontational.
- (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- (transitive) To set, as the foot.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To depart.
- (transitive) To advance a process gradually, one step at a time.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- move with one's feet in a specific manner
- treat badly
- measure (distances) by pacing
- shift or move by taking a step
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
- furnish with steps
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
noun
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- (Australia, informal) Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.
- Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
- (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
verb
- (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
- (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
- (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- move smoothly along a surface
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- (dance) A lively Scottish country dance.
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- (figuratively) An attempt, a try.
- A party, especially a dance party.
- A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
- An act of throwing, often violently.
- An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
- a usually brief attempt
- a brief indulgence of your impulses
- the act of flinging
verb
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
- (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- throw or cast away
- indulge oneself
- throw with force or recklessness
- move in an abrupt or headlong manner
noun
- (dance) A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.
- (dance) A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.
- (music) A piece of music for this dance.
- a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps
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- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
- (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
- (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
verb
- wind onto or off a reel
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (figurative) To bring in or along.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
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name
- A type of folk dance originating in England.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Welsh Meurig (“Maurice”).
- Four other townships in Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County, Greene County, Huntingdon County and Washington County.
- A city, the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota; named for railroad official Charles A. Morris.
- An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- A former make of British motor car.
- A township in Grundy County, Illinois.
- A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
- A city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
- A ghost town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- A township in Knox County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Jefferson County, Alabama; named for early pioneer Mae Morris.
- An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia; named for a local family.
- An unincorporated community in Adams Township, Ripley County, Indiana.
- A township in Stevens County, Minnesota.
- A town and village in Otsego County, New York; named for Gen. Jacob Morris, son of Declaration of Independence signatory Lewis Morris.
- An unincorporated community in Quitman County, Georgia; named for James Morris, a son of a railroad agent.
- A male given name from Old French, a medieval form of French Maurice.
- A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Ó Muirghis, from Ó (“descendant”) and Muirghis (“of Maurice”).
- A town in Manitoba, Canada; named for Canadian politician Alexander Morris.
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut; named for Revolutionary War officer James Morris III.
- A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312.
noun
- A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
- A criticism done by ranting.
- A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
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- (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
- (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).
- (theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
- (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
- (sometimes offensive) A whitewashed South Asian.
- a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life
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- A shade of red-violet.
- (music, dance) A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina).
- (figurative, colloquial) An unknown entity or contraption.
- An extravaganza; an instance of lavish and fantastical events or behavior.
- A gathering for dancing; a ball.
- (euphemistic) Vagina.
- A confusion; a chaotic collection.
- a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
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- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
- (British dialect) Wind.
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
- (uncountable) The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
- (countable) A serving of wine.
- a red as dark as red wine
- fermented juice (of grapes especially)
noun
- (dance) A classical form of dance.
- (figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
- A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
- The company of persons who perform this dance.
- (heraldry, uncommon) A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
- (music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
- a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
- music written for a ballet
verb
noun
- (dance) A type of dance in which participants use dance moves that mimic the undead, often combined with a masquerade and costumes.
- (dance) A ritual Caribbean dance in which participants enter a trance state and symbolically die and are born again.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zombie, dance.; a dance performed by zombies.
- (figurative) A sequence of events leading to someone feeling dead inside, and the actions of the individual as they experience that sequence.
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- (dance) A contra dance.
- (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
- (accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
- (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
- (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
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- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
verb
- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
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- A hiking technique for managing loose soil where the hiker first aggressively kicks the ground, digging a foothold, before shifting weight onto the foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.
noun
- A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
- (music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
- Music played to the hornpipe dance
- A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
- an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
- a British solo dance performed by sailors
- music for dancing the hornpipe
verb
noun
- Stepping (style of dance)
- (colloquial) A stepchild.
- (glassblowing) The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
- (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- (in the plural) A walk; passage.
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- (in the plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- (slang, primarily Netherlands) Kick scooter.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- A small space or distance.
- (colloquial) A stepsibling.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
- (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
- a musical interval of two semitones
- the distance covered by a step
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- relative position in a graded series
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- the sound of a step of someone walking
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
- a short distance
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To dance.
- (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- (intransitive, slang) To be confrontational.
- (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- (transitive) To set, as the foot.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To depart.
- (transitive) To advance a process gradually, one step at a time.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- move with one's feet in a specific manner
- treat badly
- measure (distances) by pacing
- shift or move by taking a step
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
- furnish with steps
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
noun
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- (Australia, informal) Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.
- Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
- (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
verb
- (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
- (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
- (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- move smoothly along a surface
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- (dance) A lively Scottish country dance.
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- (figuratively) An attempt, a try.
- A party, especially a dance party.
- A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
- An act of throwing, often violently.
- An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
- a usually brief attempt
- a brief indulgence of your impulses
- the act of flinging
verb
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
- (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- throw or cast away
- indulge oneself
- throw with force or recklessness
- move in an abrupt or headlong manner
noun
- (dance) A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.
- (dance) A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.
- (music) A piece of music for this dance.
- a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps
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- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
- (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
- (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
verb
- wind onto or off a reel
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (figurative) To bring in or along.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
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- A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
- A criticism done by ranting.
- A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
verb
noun
- (dance) A classical form of dance.
- (figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
- A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
- The company of persons who perform this dance.
- (heraldry, uncommon) A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
- (music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
- a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
- music written for a ballet
verb
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- (dance) A type of dance in which participants use dance moves that mimic the undead, often combined with a masquerade and costumes.
- (dance) A ritual Caribbean dance in which participants enter a trance state and symbolically die and are born again.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zombie, dance.; a dance performed by zombies.
- (figurative) A sequence of events leading to someone feeling dead inside, and the actions of the individual as they experience that sequence.
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- (dance) A contra dance.
- (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
- (accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
- (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
- (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
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- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
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- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
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- (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
- (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).
- (theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
- (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
- (sometimes offensive) A whitewashed South Asian.
- a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life
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- (dance) A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.
- (dance) A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.
- (music) A piece of music for this dance.
- a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps
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- A shade of red-violet.
- (music, dance) A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina).
- (figurative, colloquial) An unknown entity or contraption.
- An extravaganza; an instance of lavish and fantastical events or behavior.
- A gathering for dancing; a ball.
- (euphemistic) Vagina.
- A confusion; a chaotic collection.
- a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
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- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
- (British dialect) Wind.
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
- (uncountable) The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
- (countable) A serving of wine.
- a red as dark as red wine
- fermented juice (of grapes especially)
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- A hiking technique for managing loose soil where the hiker first aggressively kicks the ground, digging a foothold, before shifting weight onto the foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.