waltz
verb/wɔːls/, /wɔːlts/
/wɔːls/, /wɔːlts/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they waltz | /wɔːls/, /wɔːlts/ /wɔːls/, /wɔːlts/ |
| he / she / it waltzes | /ˈwɔːlsɪz/, /ˈwɔːltsɪz/ /ˈwɔːlsɪz/, /ˈwɔːltsɪz/ |
| past simple waltzed | /wɔːlst/, /wɔːltst/ /wɔːlst/, /wɔːltst/ |
| past participle waltzed | /wɔːlst/, /wɔːltst/ /wɔːlst/, /wɔːltst/ |
| -ing form waltzing | /ˈwɔːlsɪŋ/, /ˈwɔːltsɪŋ/ /ˈwɔːlsɪŋ/, /ˈwɔːltsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to dance a waltz
- (+ adv./prep.) I watched them waltzing across the floor.
- waltz somebody + adv./prep. He waltzed her around the room.
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to walk or go somewhere in a very confident way
- I don't like him waltzing into the house as if he owned it.
- [intransitive] waltz (through something) to complete or achieve something without any difficulty
- The recruits have waltzed through their training.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from German Walzer, from walzen ‘revolve’.
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