dansen

Definitions of dansen
  1. noun
    taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
    synonyms: ballet, dans, dansje
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    pavane
    a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries
    sarabande
    a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time
    pas de deux
    (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)
    tapdans
    a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet
    ballet, balletmuziek
    a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
    buikdans
    a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen
    cakewalk
    a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
    cancan
    a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
    jazzliefhebber, zenuwpil
    a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
    fandango
    a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
    flamenco
    a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
    gavotte
    an old formal French dance in quadruple time
    tarantella
    a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
    stijldans, stijldansen
    any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
    volksdans
    a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
    danse macabre, dodendans
    a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
    krijgsdans
    a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory
    type of:
    afleiding, dolce far niente, ontspanning, recreatie, relaxatie, verpozing, verstrooiing, vrijetijdsbesteding
    an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
  2. verb
    jump lightly
    synonyms: wippen
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    bespringen, overslaan, springen, verspringen
    move forward by leaps and bounds
  3. verb
    move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
    synonyms:
    dans, dansje
    move in a graceful and rhythmical way
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    jiven
    dance to jive music; dance the jive
    tapdansen, tappen
    perform a tap dance
    buikdansen
    perform a belly dance
    meetronen, walsen
    dance a waltz
    foxtrotten
    dance the foxtrot
    breakdansen
    do a break dance
    volksdansen
    perform a folk-dance
    doortrappen
    kick a leg up
    buikschuiven, schuifelen, slijpen, slowen
    dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
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    bewegen
    move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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