tangon.¹

Brit.

/ˈtaŋɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈtæŋɡoʊ/

Forms: Plural tangoes, tangos (preferred).

Etymology: < Spanish, originally a dance festival of Africans or Gypsies.

a. A Spanish flamenco dance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Spanish dance or dancing > [noun] > specific dances

canary1592

zambra1672

seguidilla1763

bolero1787

folia1790

malagueña1810

guaracha1828

polo?1830

cachucha1841

romalis1841

ole1845

zapateado1845

jota1846

rondeña1853

jaleo1865

flamenco1896

tango1896

bulerias1918

paso doble1919

farruca1931

seguiriyas1967

1896 H. C. C. Taylor Land of Castanet 103 The girls..dance again, not the vulgar flamenco or tango, but the charming dance of the province.

1931 C. Rice Dancing in Spain i. 28 The three dances which constitute the nucleus of the modern flamenco school are the Tango, the Garrotín, and the Farruca.

1967 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing (ed. 2) vi. 83 The Tango (Tango Gitano, Tango Flamenco) is of Arabic origin... It might be well to observe here that the Tango Gitano has nothing whatever in common with the Argentine tango save the name.

b. A syncopated ballroom dance in 2/4 or 4/4 time introduced into Europe and North America from Argentina, related to the Cuban Habanera but probably of African origin, characterized by a slow gliding movement broken up by pointing positions; a piece of music for this dance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > Latin-American dances

samba1885

rumba1912

tango1913

tangoing1913

milonga1914

carioca1934

beguine1935

mambo1946

cha-cha1954

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Latin-American

fandango1800

zamacueca1855

habanera1878

rumba1912

tango1913

milonga1914

guajira1923

samba1929

son1931

son Afro-Cubano1942

mambo1946

Afro1949

montuno1951

cha-cha1954

guaracha1956

pachanga1956

bossa nova1962

salsa1975

songo1978

1913 G. Grossmith in Daily Graphic 12 May 9/1 ‘A Peeress’ talks about the Tango. This is a most graceful and beautiful dance.

1915 T. Burke London Nights 254 Music, gaiety, sparkle, fine dresses, costume songs, tangos, smart conversation and faces, and all the rest of it.

1921 Spectator 19 Feb. 236/3 Instead of a stately waltz at an even pace, Myers had no sooner taken the magnificent lady round the waist, than they were covering the floor with a glorified tango.

1925 C. Connolly Let. 8 Apr. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 67 Someone is playing tangoes on a guitar.

1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xvii. 331 Pieces characteristic of the South, with musical impulses from the slums of New Orleans, from Cuba and Brazil..habaneras, tangos, guajiros.

1962 Melody Maker 7 July 7/5 Kid Thomas..leads his septet through standards, pops and tangoes.

1976 N. Botham & P. Donnelly Valentino iv. 34 This arrogant and deliciously handsome Continental who danced the tango as though it had been invented for him.

1981 E. North Dames viii. 138 The music..played..a tango... He regarded better dancers tangoing.

Compounds

C1. General attributive. (In sense b.)

tango band n.

ΚΠ

1927 C. Connolly Let. 13 Feb. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 255 This is a very grand hotel, all lights and carpets and a melodious tango band.

1932 New Yorker 9 Apr. 39/2 Ceruse's tango band reminds you of every illicit Paris bender you ever had. Rumbas and tangos abound.

tango-craze n.

ΚΠ

1913 Sheffield Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 6/4 The Tango craze which is expected to sweep over London during the winter.

tango-dancer n.

ΚΠ

1974 M. Butterworth Man in Sopwith Camel i. 11 Norman the demon tango-dancer of the Palais.

tango-dancing n.

ΚΠ

1918 G. Frankau One of Them xxxi. 243 She..knew how wise she'd been to countermand Breastplate and shield which, though they looked entrancing, Would both have been a bore for tango-dancing.

tango foxtrot n.

ΚΠ

c1925 ‘H. Nicholls’ (title of music) Sunny Havana: tango foxtrot.

tango music n.

ΚΠ

1913 Sheffield Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 6/4 Tango music is also expected to rival the popularity of ragtime.

tango rhythm n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > action of putting into rhythm > types of rhythm

swing1829

sprung rhythm1877

dance-rhythm1880

ragtime1896

slow drag1901

rumba1912

polymetre1922

cross-rhythm1926

tangana1926

counter-rhythm1927

ride1935

walking beat1935

ricky-tick1937

rock1937

shuffle rhythm1940

isorhythm1954

shuffle beat1955

tango rhythm1966

makossa1973

1966 A. Cavanaugh Children are Gone ii. v. 45 The Muzak was dispensing tango rhythms, loud and sinuous.

1977 ‘F. Clifford’ Ten Minutes on June Morning 90 The music came again, tango rhythm.

tango step n.

ΚΠ

1913 Daily Graphic 12 May 9/1 ‘Tango’ Steps.

1981 E. Ward Baltic Emerald ix. 64 A new tango step.

C2.

tango tea n. a thé dansant, usually at a hotel or other gathering place, arranged for the purpose of dancing the tango (disused).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > at which food is served

thé dansant1817

tea dance1885

supper dance1913

tango tea1913

dansant1921

1913 Punch 6 Aug. 125 No tango-teas shall be given in this drawing-room.

1918 G. Frankau One of Them i. 14 What time we sang of guns and gore and trenches, Instead of oysters, tango-teas and wenches.

tango-waltz n. a tango danced to waltz time and including waltz steps.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tangon.²adj.

Brit.

/ˈtaŋɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈtæŋɡoʊ/

Etymology: < Tangerine n. 2b + -o suffix, perhaps influenced by tango n.¹ or by tan n.¹ 3.

A colour shade of deep orange.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [noun] > deep orange

aurora1791

mandarin orange1877

Tangerine1899

tango1913

1913 Dress & Vanity Fair Sept. 59/3 The one shown is of sand color and tango.

1933 Archit. Rev. 73 70 The colour scheme of the shopfront is tango-red throughout.

1958 B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties x. 126 Jade green, cerise, tango.

1976 Burnham-on-Sea Gaz. 20 Apr. 18/3 (advt.) 1974 Hillman Hunter GLS 4-door saloon, tango.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tangov.

Etymology: < tango n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtango.

intransitive.

a. To dance the tango.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > dance ballroom dance [verb (intransitive)] > Latin-American

tango1913

rumba1934

samba1950

cha-cha1954

1913 Punch 10 Dec. 486/1 ‘Do you tango?’ she asked me as soon as we were comfortably seated.

1923 Glasgow Herald 12 Apr. 8 While she waltzed, two-stepped, or tangoed she partook at intervals of grape fruits and peanuts.

1925 C. Dodd Farthing Spinster iii. iii. 299 Young Jellis tangoed up to the two ladies.

1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? xi. 206 Sammy didn't know how to tango.

1952 M. Laski Village ii. 42 She..watched her father tangoing..with Daisy Bruce.

1975 Times 4 Sept. 14/6 You have to count anxiously like one learning to tango.

1981 E. North Dames viii. 138 The music..played..a tango... He regarded better dancers tangoing.

b. figurative. Frequently in proverbial phrase it takes two to tango.

ΚΠ

1952 Hoffman & Manning Takes Two to Tango (song) 2 There are lots of things you can do alone! But, takes two to tango.

1965 Listener 24 June 923/2 The President would like to know whom to negotiate with... On this score, the President has a firm, and melancholy, conviction: it takes two to tango.

1970 B. Conacher Hockey in Canada (1972) x. 116 Despite all the problems I had had with Imlach, and believe it or not I realize it takes two to tango, I wouldn't have missed playing in the best league in the world.

1973 Houston Chron. 14 Oct. (Texas Mag.) 2/1 An upcoming film of such explicit sexuality it'll have to tango with the new pornography rulings.

1977 Time 31 Oct. 48/1 Ellis Rabb can tango with words and he is a sly devil at milking an audience dry of laughter.

1979 Guardian 4 Apr. 12/3 It takes two to tango... Mrs Thatcher has turned Mr Callaghan down.

Derivatives

ˈtangoing n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > Latin-American dances

samba1885

rumba1912

tango1913

tangoing1913

milonga1914

carioca1934

beguine1935

mambo1946

cha-cha1954

1913 G. B. Crozier Tango & how to dance It i. 8 The Parisian version of the Tango..has so much to recommend it that one may..predict for it a permanent place in our affections long after the present craze for ‘Tangoing’ is over.

1976 U. Holden String Horses vii. 81 They'd show the Camp what real tangoing was.

ˈtangoist n. an exponent of the tango.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > Latin-American dances > dancer

tangoist1913

1913 G. B. Crozier Tango & how to dance It ii. 28 Embryonic ‘Tangoists’ cannot do better than bear that graceful animal [sc. the tiger] in mind while attempting to follow their advice.

1913 Punch 26 Nov. 443 Our Demon Tangoist.

1921 Spectator 23 Apr. 531/1 Oliver Cromwell Wilton was a disappointment to his parents, but an incomparable tangoist.

1928 Daily Express 6 July 3/3 This tango is so slow, so smooth, so syrupy. Caterpillars skating over egg-shells could not move more gracefully, more softly, than the contemporary tangoists.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

n.¹1896

n.²adj.1913

v.1913

单词	tango
释义	tangon.¹ Brit. /ˈtaŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/ Forms: Plural tangoes, tangos (preferred). Etymology: < Spanish, originally a dance festival of Africans or Gypsies. a. A Spanish flamenco dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Spanish dance or dancing > [noun] > specific dances canary1592 zambra1672 seguidilla1763 bolero1787 folia1790 malagueña1810 guaracha1828 polo?1830 cachucha1841 romalis1841 ole1845 zapateado1845 jota1846 rondeña1853 jaleo1865 flamenco1896 tango1896 bulerias1918 paso doble1919 farruca1931 seguiriyas1967 1896 H. C. C. Taylor Land of Castanet 103 The girls..dance again, not the vulgar flamenco or tango, but the charming dance of the province. 1931 C. Rice Dancing in Spain i. 28 The three dances which constitute the nucleus of the modern flamenco school are the Tango, the Garrotín, and the Farruca. 1967 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing (ed. 2) vi. 83 The Tango (Tango Gitano, Tango Flamenco) is of Arabic origin... It might be well to observe here that the Tango Gitano has nothing whatever in common with the Argentine tango save the name. b. A syncopated ballroom dance in 2/4 or 4/4 time introduced into Europe and North America from Argentina, related to the Cuban Habanera but probably of African origin, characterized by a slow gliding movement broken up by pointing positions; a piece of music for this dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > Latin-American dances samba1885 rumba1912 tango1913 tangoing1913 milonga1914 carioca1934 beguine1935 mambo1946 cha-cha1954 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Latin-American fandango1800 zamacueca1855 habanera1878 rumba1912 tango1913 milonga1914 guajira1923 samba1929 son1931 son Afro-Cubano1942 mambo1946 Afro1949 montuno1951 cha-cha1954 guaracha1956 pachanga1956 bossa nova1962 salsa1975 songo1978 1913 G. Grossmith in Daily Graphic 12 May 9/1 ‘A Peeress’ talks about the Tango. This is a most graceful and beautiful dance. 1915 T. Burke London Nights 254 Music, gaiety, sparkle, fine dresses, costume songs, tangos, smart conversation and faces, and all the rest of it. 1921 Spectator 19 Feb. 236/3 Instead of a stately waltz at an even pace, Myers had no sooner taken the magnificent lady round the waist, than they were covering the floor with a glorified tango. 1925 C. Connolly Let. 8 Apr. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 67 Someone is playing tangoes on a guitar. 1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xvii. 331 Pieces characteristic of the South, with musical impulses from the slums of New Orleans, from Cuba and Brazil..habaneras, tangos, guajiros. 1962 Melody Maker 7 July 7/5 Kid Thomas..leads his septet through standards, pops and tangoes. 1976 N. Botham & P. Donnelly Valentino iv. 34 This arrogant and deliciously handsome Continental who danced the tango as though it had been invented for him. 1981 E. North Dames viii. 138 The music..played..a tango... He regarded better dancers tangoing. Compounds C1. General attributive. (In sense b.) tango band n. ΚΠ 1927 C. Connolly Let. 13 Feb. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 255 This is a very grand hotel, all lights and carpets and a melodious tango band. 1932 New Yorker 9 Apr. 39/2 Ceruse's tango band reminds you of every illicit Paris bender you ever had. Rumbas and tangos abound. tango-craze n. ΚΠ 1913 Sheffield Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 6/4 The Tango craze which is expected to sweep over London during the winter. tango-dancer n. ΚΠ 1974 M. Butterworth Man in Sopwith Camel i. 11 Norman the demon tango-dancer of the Palais. tango-dancing n. ΚΠ 1918 G. Frankau One of Them xxxi. 243 She..knew how wise she'd been to countermand Breastplate and shield which, though they looked entrancing, Would both have been a bore for tango-dancing. tango foxtrot n. ΚΠ c1925 ‘H. Nicholls’ (title of music) Sunny Havana: tango foxtrot. tango music n. ΚΠ 1913 Sheffield Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 6/4 Tango music is also expected to rival the popularity of ragtime. tango rhythm n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > action of putting into rhythm > types of rhythm swing1829 sprung rhythm1877 dance-rhythm1880 ragtime1896 slow drag1901 rumba1912 polymetre1922 cross-rhythm1926 tangana1926 counter-rhythm1927 ride1935 walking beat1935 ricky-tick1937 rock1937 shuffle rhythm1940 isorhythm1954 shuffle beat1955 tango rhythm1966 makossa1973 1966 A. Cavanaugh Children are Gone ii. v. 45 The Muzak was dispensing tango rhythms, loud and sinuous. 1977 ‘F. Clifford’ Ten Minutes on June Morning 90 The music came again, tango rhythm. tango step n. ΚΠ 1913 Daily Graphic 12 May 9/1 ‘Tango’ Steps. 1981 E. Ward Baltic Emerald ix. 64 A new tango step. C2. tango tea n. a thé dansant, usually at a hotel or other gathering place, arranged for the purpose of dancing the tango (disused). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > at which food is served thé dansant1817 tea dance1885 supper dance1913 tango tea1913 dansant1921 1913 Punch 6 Aug. 125 No tango-teas shall be given in this drawing-room. 1918 G. Frankau One of Them i. 14 What time we sang of guns and gore and trenches, Instead of oysters, tango-teas and wenches. tango-waltz n. a tango danced to waltz time and including waltz steps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tangon.²adj. Brit. /ˈtaŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/ Etymology: < Tangerine n. 2b + -o suffix, perhaps influenced by tango n.¹ or by tan n.¹ 3. A colour shade of deep orange. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [noun] > deep orange aurora1791 mandarin orange1877 Tangerine1899 tango1913 1913 Dress & Vanity Fair Sept. 59/3 The one shown is of sand color and tango. 1933 Archit. Rev. 73 70 The colour scheme of the shopfront is tango-red throughout. 1958 B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties x. 126 Jade green, cerise, tango. 1976 Burnham-on-Sea Gaz. 20 Apr. 18/3 (advt.) 1974 Hillman Hunter GLS 4-door saloon, tango. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tangov. Etymology: < tango n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtango. intransitive. a. To dance the tango. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > dance ballroom dance [verb (intransitive)] > Latin-American tango1913 rumba1934 samba1950 cha-cha1954 1913 Punch 10 Dec. 486/1 ‘Do you tango?’ she asked me as soon as we were comfortably seated. 1923 Glasgow Herald 12 Apr. 8 While she waltzed, two-stepped, or tangoed she partook at intervals of grape fruits and peanuts. 1925 C. Dodd Farthing Spinster iii. iii. 299 Young Jellis tangoed up to the two ladies. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? xi. 206 Sammy didn't know how to tango. 1952 M. Laski Village ii. 42 She..watched her father tangoing..with Daisy Bruce. 1975 Times 4 Sept. 14/6 You have to count anxiously like one learning to tango. 1981 E. North Dames viii. 138 The music..played..a tango... He regarded better dancers tangoing. b. figurative. Frequently in proverbial phrase it takes two to tango. ΚΠ 1952 Hoffman & Manning Takes Two to Tango (song) 2 There are lots of things you can do alone! But, takes two to tango. 1965 Listener 24 June 923/2 The President would like to know whom to negotiate with... On this score, the President has a firm, and melancholy, conviction: it takes two to tango. 1970 B. Conacher Hockey in Canada (1972) x. 116 Despite all the problems I had had with Imlach, and believe it or not I realize it takes two to tango, I wouldn't have missed playing in the best league in the world. 1973 Houston Chron. 14 Oct. (Texas Mag.) 2/1 An upcoming film of such explicit sexuality it'll have to tango with the new pornography rulings. 1977 Time 31 Oct. 48/1 Ellis Rabb can tango with words and he is a sly devil at milking an audience dry of laughter. 1979 Guardian 4 Apr. 12/3 It takes two to tango... Mrs Thatcher has turned Mr Callaghan down. Derivatives ˈtangoing n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > Latin-American dances samba1885 rumba1912 tango1913 tangoing1913 milonga1914 carioca1934 beguine1935 mambo1946 cha-cha1954 1913 G. B. Crozier Tango & how to dance It i. 8 The Parisian version of the Tango..has so much to recommend it that one may..predict for it a permanent place in our affections long after the present craze for ‘Tangoing’ is over. 1976 U. Holden String Horses vii. 81 They'd show the Camp what real tangoing was. ˈtangoist n. an exponent of the tango. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > Latin-American dances > dancer tangoist1913 1913 G. B. Crozier Tango & how to dance It ii. 28 Embryonic ‘Tangoists’ cannot do better than bear that graceful animal [sc. the tiger] in mind while attempting to follow their advice. 1913 Punch 26 Nov. 443 Our Demon Tangoist. 1921 Spectator 23 Apr. 531/1 Oliver Cromwell Wilton was a disappointment to his parents, but an incomparable tangoist. 1928 Daily Express 6 July 3/3 This tango is so slow, so smooth, so syrupy. Caterpillars skating over egg-shells could not move more gracefully, more softly, than the contemporary tangoists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹1896n.²adj.1913v.1913
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tangon.1

Compounds

tangon.2adj.

tangov.

Derivatives

tangon.¹

tangon.²adj.