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Definitions: Waltz |
WaltzNoun1. Music composed in triple time for waltzing. 2. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat. Verb1. Dance a waltz. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "waltz" was first used: 1781. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To see the waltz danced, foretells that you will have pleasant relations with a cheerful and adventuresome person. For a young woman to waltz with her lover, denotes that she will be the object of much admiration, but none will seek her for a wife. If she sees her lover waltzing with a rival, she will overcome obstacles to her desires with strategy. If she waltzes with a woman, she will be loved for her virtues and winning ways. If she sees persons whirling in the waltz as if intoxicated, she will be engulfed so deeply in desire and pleasure that it will be a miracle if she resists the impassioned advances of her lover and male acquaintances. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The waltz is a couple dance in 3/4 time, done primarily in closed position, the commonest basic figure of which is a full turn in two measures using three steps per measure. It first became fashionable in Vienna in about the 1780s, then spread to many other countries within the next few years. The waltz, and especially its closed position, became the example for the creation of many other ballroom dances. Subsequently, new types of waltz have developed, including many folk dance and several ballroom dance types. In contemporary ballroom dance, the fast versions of the waltz are called Viennese waltz.
The waltz is sometimes assumed to be a descendant of the lavolta. This is unproven, and the fundamental differences in technique make it hard to imagine how the one could be so closely related to the other. The main reason to assume such a descent is merely that these are two of the earliest European turning dances in closed positions for which we have explicit written instructions. It is likely, however, that they could have had a common ancestor.
International standard waltz has only closed figures; that is, the couple never leaves closed position. Contrast American-Style Waltz, in which some figures involve breaking contact entirely. For example, the Syncopated Side-by-Side with Spin includes a free spin for both the man and lady. Open rolls are another good example of an Open Dance Figure, in which the lady alternates between the man's left and right sides, with the man's left or right arm (alone) providing the lead.
A typical waltz figure (from the man's perspective) starts lowered into the knees and travelling forward with a strong heel lead. Count 2 rises and is taken on the ball of the foot, and count 3 starts on the ball of the foot and lowers to the heel as the couple begins to lower in preparation for the next measure. A smooth rise-and-fall action is a primary characteristic of this dance.
Waltz is also the name for the kind of music to which one dances the waltz. In this sense, there are waltzes in nearly every kind of European and Euro-American folk music as well as in classical or "art" music. Many songs, too, are "in waltz time." The music is written out in 3/4 time and typically played at a rather slow tempo (but see above).
In the 1980s a punk rock band, The Stranglers, subverted the Waltz 3/4 time signature with many anti-establishment songs such as Golden Brown.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Waltz."
Synonyms: WaltzSynonyms: valse (n), waltz around (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Dance; hop, reel, rigadoon, saraband, hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance; minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle, cha-cha; fandango, cancan; bayadere; breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis, break dancing; nautch-girl; shindig; skirtdance, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance; galop, galopade; jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey; allemande; gavot, gavotte, tarantella; mazurka, morisco, morris dance; quadrille; country dance, folk dance; cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley; ballet; (drama); ball; bal, bal masque, bal costume; masquerade; Terpsichore. |
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Crosswords: Waltz |
| English words defined with "waltz": dance step ♦ Lavolta ♦ Redowa, round dance ♦ step ♦ waltz around, Waltzed, Waltzing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "waltz": Dances ♦ Waltz. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Waltz" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (valse). |
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Screenplays | He once played the Minute Waltz in 58 seconds. (Airport; writing credit: Arthur Hailey; George Seaton) Once again I waltz with Lady Victory. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) Now a Manhattan you always shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time. (The Thin Man; writing credit: Dashiell Hammett; Albert Hackett) | |
Lyrics | I had the last waltz with you (The Last Waltz; performing artist: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK) The last waltz should last forever (The Last Waltz; performing artist: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Mephisto Waltz (1971) Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) The Waltz of the Toreadors (1959) Waltz Time (1945) The Great Waltz (1938) | |
Song Titles | Witness Waltz (performing artist: Kristoph Klover) | |
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 | Popular songs a la carte: "waltz me around again, Willie".Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The chaplet, a waltz by Flora / Kennedy & Lucas lithography, Philada.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | A Viennese style waltz played in a very typical German style. |
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| "Waltz" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.24% of the time. "Waltz" is used about 164 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 65.24% | 107 | 31,463 |
| Noun (proper) | 17.07% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 14.63% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.05% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 164 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "waltz" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Waltz | Last name | 2,000 | 5,686 |
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Expressions using "waltz": dance a waltz ♦ viennese waltz ♦ waltz about ♦ waltz around ♦ waltz in ♦ waltz music ♦ waltz off ♦ waltz off with ♦ waltz off with smb.'s wallet ♦ waltz time ♦ waltz up. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "waltz": Waltz-caprices, waltz-length. | |
Ending with "waltz": Gronkiewicz-waltz. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
waltz | 700 | blue waltz perfume | 13 |
tennessee waltz | 73 | gundam wing endless waltz pic | 13 |
gundam wing endless waltz | 57 | song waltz | 12 |
endless waltz | 54 | missouri waltz | 12 |
last waltz | 53 | gundam endless waltz | 12 |
papas waltz | 38 | waltz dance steps | 12 |
waltz music | 32 | endless gundam midis waltz wing | 11 |
waltz across texas | 26 | endless gundam wallpaper waltz wing | 10 |
anniversary waltz | 25 | band last waltz | 10 |
waltz steps | 25 | my papas waltz theodore roethke | 10 |
strauss waltz | 24 | viennese waltz | 9 |
waltz dance | 23 | lisa waltz | 9 |
driver log waltz | 22 | endless gundam picture waltz wing | 9 |
blue danube waltz | 20 | history of the waltz | 9 |
lyrics tennessee waltz | 19 | psychotic waltz | 9 |
figurine waltz | 18 | learn waltz | 9 |
bend cedar in slow waltz | 17 | across lyrics texas waltz | 8 |
mephisto waltz | 16 | quinceanera waltz | 8 |
wedding waltz | 15 | bridal waltz | 8 |
blue skirt waltz | 14 | midi waltz | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "waltz"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vals, lëviz lirshëm, kërcej vals. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | موسيقى الفالس, رقصة الفالس. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свършвам с лекота, танцувам валс, валс, нося се радостно, нося се весело. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 华"兹. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | valèík, tanèit valèík. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | valse (bowl, cylinder, roll, roller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wals (bowl, roll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | valso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | valsur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | موزیک ورقص , والس رقصیدن , والس , وابسته به والس . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valssi (cylinder, roller), tanssia valssia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | valse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Walzer (waltzes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βάλσ, χορεύω (dance, jig, Valse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | valcer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | bhÚlsa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | valzer (valse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 円舞曲 , 円舞 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | え"ぶきょく, え"ぶ (dance performance, fencing and judo, military exercises). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 원무곡. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | valse, valsal (waltzing), kiaull valse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | altzway walc. (various references) valsa. (various references) valsa, vals. (various references) вальс. (various references) valcer, igrati valcer. (various references) vals (valse). (various references) vals (cylinder, roll, roller). (various references) vals yapmak, vals müziği, vals, sekerek hareket etmek. (various references) кружляти (circle, dance, go around, go round, mill about, mill around, wheel, whirl), волокти, вальсувати, вальс. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old High German | 500-1100 | walzan. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "waltz": waltzed, waltzer, waltzers, waltzes, waltzing. (additional references) | |
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"Waltz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: altz, ewalt, paltz, waitz, walft, walt, walto, walz, watz, wertz, whalt, wiltz, wult. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "waltz" (pronounced wô"lts or wô"ls) |
| 4 | -ô" l t s | assaults, basalts, defaults, exalts, faults, halts, malts, salts, vaults. |
| 3 | -l t s | adults, belts, bolts, catapults, celts, colts, consults, cults, exults, felts, gilts, Hilts, holts, insults, jolts, kilts, melts, pelts, quilts, results, revolts, schmaltz, seatbelts, somersaults, speltz, stilts, tilts, volts, Wilts. |
| 3 | -ô" l s | false. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-t-w-z" | |
-2 letters: alt, awl, lat, law, taw, twa, wat. | |
-3 letters: al, at, aw, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-t-w-z" | |
+2 letters: waltzed, waltzer, waltzes. | |
+3 letters: waltzers, waltzing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 6C 74 7A |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-.. - --.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01101100 01110100 01111010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a l t z |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 006C 0074 007A |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5767788692 |
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