All dance synonyms
dance
D d noun dance
- bunny hop — a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
- cut a rug — a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
- foot it — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- rave — to talk wildly, as in delirium.
- hoof it — the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
- trip the light fantastic — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- hoedown — a community dancing party typically featuring folk and square dances accompanied by lively hillbilly tunes played on the fiddle.
- sock hop — an informal dance where participants dance in their socks, popular esp. in the 1950s among high-school students
verb dance
- bop — A bop is a dance.
- twirl — to cause to rotate rapidly; spin; revolve; whirl.
- pirouette — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- wiggle — to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side: The puppies wiggled with delight.