“danced” is a form of
dance
UK /dɑːns/ · US /dæns/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms dances dancing danced daunce
- noun A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. “I do a dance when she plays the drums!”
- noun A social gathering where dancing is the main activity. “The dance we had in August 2008 is one of the greatest moments of my life!”
- noun (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
- noun A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
- noun (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals. “So how much longer are we gonna do this dance?”
- noun (figurative, dated) Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task.
- noun (beekeeping) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
- verb (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music. “I danced with her all night long.”
- verb (figuratively, intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly. “His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke. She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it.”
- verb (transitive) To perform the steps to. “Have you ever danced the tango?”
- verb (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
- verb (figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex. “You make me feel like dancing.”
- verb (beekeeping, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
- verb (figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
- noun (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
throw shapes do the deed get some have sex dancing terpsichore saltation trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dauncen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced native Old English sealtian, Old English frīcian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”, whence modern leap). Doublet of danza.
Related to dancy, dancetté, French danché.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhytmically.
- verb To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
- verb To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
- noun The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music.
Etymology [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]
Etymology [F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v. i.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “dance”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details