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Definition of waltz noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

waltz

noun
 
/wɔːls/,
 
/wɔːlts/
 
/wɔːls/,
 
/wɔːlts/
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  1. a dance in which two people dance together to a regular rhythm; a piece of music for this dance
    • to dance a/the waltz
    • a Strauss waltz
    Topics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slow
    • modern
    • Viennese
    • …
    verb + waltz
    • dance
    • do
    • play
    • …
    waltz + noun
    • rhythm
    • time
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from German Walzer, from walzen ‘revolve’.
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