dancer (redirected from Dancers)

dance  (dns)

v. danced, danc·ing, danc·es

v.intr.

1. To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures.

2.

a. To leap or skip about excitedly.

b. To appear to flash or twinkle: eyes that danced with merriment.

c. Informal To appear to skip about; vacillate: danced around the issue.

3. To bob up and down.

v.tr.

1. To engage in or perform (a dance).

2. To cause to dance.

3. To bring to a particular state or condition by dancing: My partner danced me to exhaustion.

n.

1. A series of motions and steps, usually performed to music.

2. The art of dancing: studied dance in college.

3. A party or gathering of people for dancing; a ball.

4. One round or turn of dancing: May I have this dance?

5. A musical or rhythmical piece composed or played for dancing.

6. The act or an instance of dancing.

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[Middle English dauncen, from Old French danser, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

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dancer n.

dancing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dancer - a performer who dances professionally professional dancer, terpsichorean ballet dancer - a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company ballet master - a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company ballet mistress - a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company belly dancer, exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer - a woman who performs a solo belly dance chorine, chorus girl, showgirl - a woman who dances in a chorus line dance master, dancing-master - a professional teacher of dancing hoofer, stepper - a professional dancer kachina - a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit nautch girl - a professional dancing girl in India performer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience tap dancer, tapper - a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes taxi dancer - a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance
	2.	dancer - a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball) social dancer individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" clog dancer - someone who does clog dancing dancing partner - one of a pair of people who dance together folk dancer - someone who does folk dances raver - a participant in a rave dancing party waltzer - a dancer who waltzes

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dancer

noun ballerina, hoofer (slang), Terpsichorean His girlfriend was a ballet dancer.

Translations

dancer [ˈdɑːnsəʳ] N (gen) → bailarín/ina m/f; (flamenco) → bailaor(a) m/f

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dancer [ˈdɑːnsə^r] n → danseur/euse m/f
to be a good dancer → être un(e) bon* danseur*(bonne)/euse
He is not a very good dancer → Il n'est pas très bon danseur., Il ne danse pas très bien.
dance studio n → école f de danse

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dancer

n → Tänzer(in) m(f); you dancer! (Brit inf: = well done) → super gemacht! (inf)

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dancer [ˈdɑːnsəʳ] n → ballerino/a

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dancer [ˈdɑːnsəʳ] n → ballerino/a

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dancer → راقص tanečník danser Tänzer χορευτής bailarín tanssija danseur plesač ballerino ダンサー 춤추는 사람 danser danser tancerz dançarino танцор dansare นักเต้นรำ dansçı diễn viên múa 舞蹈家