noun
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A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
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A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
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A simple task.
verb
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To dance the waltz (with).
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They waltzed for twenty-one hours and seventeen minutes straight, setting a record.
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(usually with in, into, around, etc.) To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.
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He waltzed into the room like he owned the place.
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To accomplish a task with little effort.
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Don't worry about the interview — you'll waltz it.
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To move with fanfare.
Examples of waltz in a Sentence
I barely do a good waltz, and that's because you're a good dancer.
He spun her to face him and pulled her against him with one arm while his other took hers to the side for a waltz pose.
A live band started playing a waltz and he dropped a hand to her waist.
When I'm ready to destroy the world, you waltz in like it's nothing.
He asked her to waltz.
When a Christmas waltz began, a warm hand gripped her elbow.
But Monday, the dance master played a different tune—a beautiful Viennese waltz of warm air and sunshine that teased of spring, still months in the future.
I'd hoped John would save the last waltz for me.
This waltz step is when partners turn each other clockwise during a dance.
A gown used to dance a Viennese waltz would be very long and flowing, whereas a salsa outfit is often hardly there at all.
Dance TV offers instructions so you can learn to waltz, fox trot, or swing.
A slow waltz began playing and she closed her eyes, imagining the bright sunlight and flowers bursting from swollen buds.
The radio was playing a waltz as she walked through the family room and she moved to the sway of it, dancing with an imaginary friend.
At one moment he burst into song, was it a Viennese waltz or Waltzing Matilda?
The first was the Boston, a slower waltz with long gliding steps.
Both side couples then waltz back to place (4 bars ).
In diving, I really enjoy the fact that I can just waltz along the path the GUE people have laid down.
These new waltz soloists generate professional, innovative solos for the most sophisticated jazz waltzes.
A third was playing a Viennese waltz on the clavichord, while a fourth, lying on the clavichord, sang the tune.
Natasha gazed at them and was ready to cry because it was not she who was dancing that first turn of the waltz.
The floor was still full when the last waltz was played and then everyone enjoyed a tasty supper of seven courses !
There is also a waltz - although you could n't dance to it because of the irregular time signature.
And, the turban shape means she can waltz around like a diva all day long, without it falling off.
Now it was England 's turn to dance a morbid waltz with the fates.
I ai n't got no excuses, I just want to play The good old country waltz.
I 'd hoped John would save the last waltz for me.
With modern tactics, you can buy your movie tickets wherever and whenever you want and then simply waltz into the theater and enjoy your movie.
You'll be able to waltz down memory lane with just a glance at your hand!
Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time."
If you can't just waltz into any old retailer in any old mall, where can you find unlocked cell phones for sale?
The Ballroom Dance Group offers online classes in Waltz, Fox Trot and East Coast Swing.
This is a much more modern form of waltz dancing, started by West Coast college students.
Other modern and international variations of waltz steps include the American Style Waltz, the Peruvian Waltz, the Venezuelan Waltz, and the Mexican Waltz.
If you would like to learn waltz steps, you can contact your local social dance studio.
There are a lot of places in many cities that teach varying styles of ballroom dance, the waltz often being included.
Check your local yellow pages under "social dance" or "ballroom" to see if there is any opportunities right in your own community to learn some waltz steps today!
Line dances (including all official forms of social dance), fall into four different categories, namely the one step, two step, cha cha and waltz.
At the time, dance hall patrons were doing dances like the Virginia Reel and Quadrille, but with this song came a new kind of dance based on the French "waltz in double time" (valse á deux temp).
In terms of colonial steps, the most recognizable one would be the waltz step.
This means the couple does not utilize the entire dance floor, traveling with large steps as one would see in a typical waltz or foxtrot.
Search for music by type (tango, waltz, swing, etc.) or use the beats per minute search function.
This position is similar to that of the waltz or other slow formal dances.
Some people say that this type of samba combines samba with both the waltz and the tango.
Whether it's online or in person, there are a few guidelines that apply to everything from Argentine Tango to Viennese Waltz.
While some partners compete in everything from the tango and salsa to the waltz and foxtrot, other couples specialize in Latin dances or waltzing.
In addition to your observations in the amateur circuit, observe the pros in competition videos such as this Cha Cha of Oxana Lebedew and Franco Formica or this waltz of Arunas and Katyusha.
For a waltz, for instance, a woman might wear a sweeping ball gown that flows to the floor, while the same woman would wear a short skirt covered with sequins to dance a Latin dance.
Other parts included Lolita O'Shea in They Met in Argentina (1941), Louisa Frederici Cody in Buffalo Bill (1944), Joan Madison in Everything But the Truth (1956), and Elsie Waltz in How Do I Love Thee?'' (1970).
Scrapbookers can find free printable scrapbook pages, while people with two left feet can waltz with the best after watching free ballroom dance instruction videos.
Your lover will be unsuspecting when you go into the bathroom to "wash your face, brush your teeth, etc" before bed…and then you'll waltz out in one of the more shocking lingerie items/sets there is.