samba

sam·ba  (smb, säm-)

n.

1. A Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.

2. Music in duple meter for performing this dance.

intr.v. sam·baed, sam·ba·ing, sam·bas

To perform this dance.

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[Portuguese, possibly of African origin.]

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samba

Noun

pl -bas

1. a lively Brazilian dance

2. music for this dance [Portuguese]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	samba - large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood arere, obechi, Triplochiton scleroxcylon, obeche genus Triplochiton, Triplochiton - small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	samba - music composed for dancing the samba dance music - music to dance to
	3.	samba - a lively ballroom dance from Brazil ballroom dance, ballroom dancing - any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
	4.	samba - a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers basket rummy, canasta, meld - a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
Verb	1.	samba - dance the samba trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"