A ring-dance with accompaniment of song; ? a ring of men or women holding hands and moving round in dancing step. archaic.
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释义 | society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > other balls or dances (23) carolc1300 A ring-dance with accompaniment of song; ? a ring of men or women holding hands and moving round in dancing step. archaic. buttock-ball1698 an event arranged by a bawd or pimp at which attendees dance with prostitutes in an erotic manner; an orgy. redoubt1698 An entertainment consisting of music and dancing, esp. a masked ball. Now historical. ridotto1708 An entertainment consisting of music, dancing, and sometimes gambling; cf. redoubt, n. 3a. race ball1770 a ball held in connection with a race meeting. county ball1771 (formerly) a subscription ball held in the county town and attended by the county gentry; (now) a ball held for young farmers in a county. dress ball?1772 a ball at which formal dress is worn. promenade1778 Dance. In country dancing: a movement resembling a march made by couples in formation. waltz1802 A party or soirée for waltzing. Obsolete. hunt ball1807 a ball given by members of a hunt. dignity ball1834 ball-royala1843 some type of dance. polkery1845 a social gathering for the purpose of dancing the polka. jigging-party1872 attributive and in other combinations, as jigging-party n. dialect a dancing-party. jigging-machine n. a machine for jigging (usually in sense 5 of… prom1879 Originally U.S. A ball or formal dance at a school or college, typically held for the members of a single (typically senior) class near the end of… Cinderella dance1883 Applied allusively to a cinder-woman, scullery-maid, etc.; also, a neglected or despised member, partner, or the like. Also attributive. Also, (more… dinner dance1887 a formal social event in which guests have dinner, which is then followed by dancing, typically held in the evening at hotels, social clubs, etc. white ball1891 a ball at which all the ladies are dressed in white. cotillion1898 A formal ball, such as a coming-out dance. U.S. taxi dance1910 A dance at which the services of a dance partner, esp. a woman (see taxi dancer, n.), may be hired. Stampede Dance1950 (With initial capital.) An uproarious kind of dance. Also Stampede Dance (in quot. 1950, a dancing-party). go-go1965 U.S. colloquial. Originally: a go-go nightclub, discotheque, etc. (see sense A. 1a) (now disused). In later use: (chiefly in and near Washington… Subcategories:— participation in (1) |
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