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Dancing

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activenounHaving the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
dancenounA sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
terpsichorenoun(Greek mythology) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.

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activenounHaving the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
terpsichorenoun(Greek mythology) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.
ballroomnounA large room used for dancing and banquets.
balletnoun(dance) A classical form of dance.
waltznounA ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
tangonoun(dance) A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
choreographynoun(uncountable) The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
choreographernounA person who choreographs.
promnoun(US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.
troupenounA company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers.
cheernoun(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
jumpingnounThe act of performing a jump.
ballnounA solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
jumpverb(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
skippingnounThe game, activity, or exercise of jump rope.
bellynounThe abdomen (especially a fat one).
monsternounA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
championshipnoun(sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
skatingnounThe action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
javanoun(computer languages) An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.

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