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. To dance the waltz (with).
2. 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. To move with fanfare.

Synonyms

valse

walk-in

dance

💃

waltz around

jig

cylinder

pursue a fast dodging person or animal

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.