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waltz

  • noun
  • wŏlts

A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.

Other meanings

  1. A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).

Example sentences

  • “The court musicians played a soft waltz.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old High German "walzan" (to turn).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “waltz” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.