Waltz Definition
wôlts, wôls
waltzed, waltzes, waltzing
noun
waltzes
A ballroom dance for couples, in moderate 3/4 time with marked accent on the first beat of the measure.
Webster's New World
Music for this dance or in its characteristic rhythm.
Webster's New World
A thing easy to do; esp., an easy victory in a contest.
Webster's New World
An instrumental or vocal composition in triple time.
American Heritage
Something that presents no difficulties and can be accomplished with little effort.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- walk-in
- valse
- whirl
- music
- march
- dance
- hesitation
- viennese-waltz
- box step
- dance step
- music in three-quarter time
verb
waltzed, waltzes, waltzing
To dance a waltz.
Webster's New World
To take and lead peremptorily.
Webster's New World
To move lightly and nimbly; whirl.
Webster's New World
To dance with in a waltz.
Webster's New World
To proceed effortlessly, indifferently, etc.
To waltz through life.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- waltz around
- dance in three-quarter time
- ballroom dance
- box step
- whirl
- breeze
- zip
adjective
Of, for, or characteristic of a waltz.
Webster's New World
idiom
waltz Matilda
- To travel about, especially on foot, carrying a swag.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Waltz
Noun
Singular:
waltz
Plural:
waltzesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Waltz
Origin of Waltz
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German Walzer from walzen to turn about from Middle High German to roll from Old High German walzan wel-2 in Indo-European roots Idiom, from Matilda
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance"), from Old High German walzan (“to turn"), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn"), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn").
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