waltz

Meaning

Noun

1. A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
2. A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
3. (informal) A simple task.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To dance the waltz (with).
2. (intransitive, transitive, usually) To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.
3. (informal) To accomplish a task with little effort.
4. (transitive) To move with fanfare.

Synonyms

valse

walk-in

dance

💃

waltz around

jig

cylinder

pursue a fast dodging person or animal

Translations

valse

Walzer

vals

valzer

valsa

wals

valser

βαλς

vals

valsar

vals

bailar vals

βάλς

Walzer tanzen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɒlts/

Etymology

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”). Doublet of valse. More at *waltaną.