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mambo

(mɑmboʊ)
Word forms: mambos
countable noun [oft the N]
The mambo is a lively dance that comes from Cuba.
The 1940s and '50s were the golden age of the mambo, the rumba and the chachacha.
...mambo music.

mambo in British English

(ˈmæmbəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural -bos
1. 
a modern Latin American dance, resembling the rumba, derived from the ritual dance of voodoo
2. 
a voodoo priestess
verbWord forms: -bos, -boing or -boed
3. (intransitive)
to perform the mambo
Word origin
American Spanish, probably from Haitian Creole: voodoo priestess

mambo in American English

(ˈmɑmboʊ)
US
nounWord forms: plural ˈmambos
1. 
a rhythmic musical form, of Caribbean origin, in 4/4 syncopated time and with a heavy accent on the second and fourth beats
2. 
a ballroom dance to such music
verb intransitive
3. 
to dance the mambo
Word origin
AmSp: musicians' slang term equivalent to “riff”

Examples of 'mambo' in a sentence
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There was swing and jive in the dance halls, mambo in the bars, boogie-woogie piano playing in the dockside cathouses.
O'Connor, Joe DESPERADOES (1994)
The Customs agent thought he looked like a fancy mambo dancer.
Cussler, Clive INCA GOLD (1994)

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