Etymology tree
Vulgar Latin *dantiāreder.
Anglo-Norman dauncerbor.
Middle English dauncen
English dance
Inherited from Middle English dauncen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced native Old English sealtian, Old English frīcian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”, whence modern leap). Doublet of danza.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
He does the Gangnam Style dance with his friends in school.
"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]" 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
I do a dance when she plays the drums!
(countable, uncountable) A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
The dance we had in August 2008 is one of the greatest moments of my life!
But, he continued, "the experience of the Peking Municipal Communist Youth League shows that, as long as dance parties are organized and supervised well by the work units concerned and these units organize their own sentries, as long as the people attending these dances are given a little coaching in advance on what is meant by normal socializing and recreation, and as long as these dances are organized, led and guided properly, there will be no incidents." 1985 April 29, Daniel Southerl, quoting Deng Liqun, “Saturday Night Fever in Peking”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2023:
"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]" 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
(uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of electronic dance music.
(countable, uncountable) A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
So how much longer are we gonna do this dance?
(countable, dated, figuratively, uncountable) Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task.
He that would watch the king's hares must not drag himself along as if he was a lazybones with soles of lead to his boots, or like a fly on a tar-brush, for when the hares began to scamper about on the hill-sides it was quite another dance than lying at home and catching fleas with mittens on. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 170:
(countable, uncountable) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
It was seen that the readiness to dance and intensity of the dance are clearly increased when the temperature in the hive remained between 28-36° C. 1961 November, W. Wittekindt, “An Understanding of Dancing Behaviour”, in G. H. Cale, editor, The American Bee Journal, volume 101, number 11, Hamilton, page 434:
ang frīcian (movements to music) · bew dangsa (movements to music) · xal би (movements to music) · kea badju (movements to music) · as নৃত্য (movements to music) · yue 舞蹈 (movements to music) · ky бий (movements to music) · mr नाच (movements to music) · ta கூத்து (movements to music) · tay myugi (movements to music) · yue 跳舞 (movements to music) · ckb لەنجە (movements to music) · bn নৃত্য (movements to music) · as নাচোন (movements to music) · ml നാട്യം (movements to music) · ale ax̂alix (movements to music) · kbd къафэ (movements to music) · ar شطيح (movements to music) · am ጭፈራ (movements to music) · ht bal (movements to music) · rm sot (movements to music) · te నృత్యం (movements to music) · ca ball (movements to music) · el χορός (movements to music) · ht dans (movements to music) · rue та́нець (movements to music) · rm saut (movements to music) · os кафт (movements to music) · ckb سەما (movements to music) · bew dangsa (social gathering where dancing is the main activity) · la tripudium (movements to music) · kn ನೃತ್ಯ (movements to music) · ady къашъо (movements to music) · vo danüd (movements to music) · vi nhảy (movements to music) · ar رَقْص (movements to music) · jv joget (movements to music) · es baile (movements to music) · lv dancis (folkloric) (movements to music) · uk та́нок (movements to music) · vi khiêu vũ (movements to music) · lb Danz (movements to music) · id tari (movements to music) · udm танец (movements to music) · ru та́нец (movements to music) · ka ცეკვა (movements to music) · nn dans (movements to music) · mfe dans (movements to music) · tg усул (movements to music) · sa नट (movements to music) · ml നൃത്തം (movements to music) · km របាំ (movements to music) · fi tanssitaide (art, profession, and study of dancing) · aho 𑜀𑜠 (movements to music) · ko 댄스 (movements to music) · ja ダンス (movements to music) · tl sayaw (movements to music) · mi kanikani (movements to music) · fr danse (movements to music) · ce хелхар (movements to music) · sl ples (movements to music) · tr dans (movements to music) · sa नटनम् (movements to music) · crh oyun (movements to music) · cv ташӑ (movements to music) · ms tari (movements to music) · ilo sala (movements to music) · twf tòʼóne (movements to music) · ur ناچ (movements to music) · rgn bal (movements to music) · fa پایْکوبی (movements to music) · ug رەقس (movements to music) · bal ناچ (movements to music) · ast baille (movements to music) · mnc ᠮᠠᡴᠰᡳᠨ (movements to music) · vi điệu nhảy (movements to music) · pal nart (movements to music) · fa رَقْص (movements to music) · az rəqs (movements to music) · grc βαλλισμός (movements to music) · ccp 𑄚𑄌𑄴 (movements to music) · nrf dans'sie (movements to music) · lo ນັດຈະ (movements to music) · izh tantsi (movements to music) · mn танц (movements to music) · ka როკვა (movements to music) · zh 跳舞 (movements to music) · cy dawns (movements to music) · zh 跳舞 (movements to music) · mn бүжиг (movements to music) · he ריקוד (movements to music) · sh igranka (movements to music) · css mooloy (movements to music) · lv deja (movements to music) · kmr sema (movements to music) · nrf dànserie (movements to music) · nb dans (movements to music) · is dans (movements to music) · yi טאַנץ (movements to music) · wa danse (movements to music) · lol bobina (movements to music) · mt żfin (movements to music) · bew tandak (movements to music) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (movements to music) · gcf dans (movements to music) · lt šokis (movements to music) · pam terak (movements to music) · sv dans (movements to music) · se dánsa (movements to music) · wmw ngoma (movements to music) · tg рақс (movements to music) · ar رقص (movements to music) · ps رقص (movements to music) · fi tanssit (social gathering where dancing is the main activity) · ln bobina (movements to music) · ro dans (movements to music) · cic hilha' (movements to music) · svs dele (movements to music) · ja 知恵比べ (battle of wits) · fo dansur (movements to music) · udm эктон (movements to music) · alt бије (movements to music) · ja 踊り (movements to music) · ug تانسا (movements to music) · ks ناچ (movements to music) · ar رقص (movements to music) · my အက (movements to music) · kl tiffaseq (movements to music) · da dans (movements to music) · ee ɣeɖuɖu (movements to music) · tk tans (movements to music) · kea bóie (movements to music) · ia dansa (movements to music) · cst irshah (movements to music) · kmr dawet (movements to music) · sh tȁnac (movements to music) · io danso (movements to music) · gl danza (movements to music) · sah үҥкүү (movements to music) · cs tanec (movements to music) · ceb sayaw (movements to music) · ur رَقْص (movements to music) · ja 知力ゲーム (battle of wits) · mk танц (movements to music) · sh пле̑с (movements to music) · wuu 跳舞 (movements to music) · vi điệu múa (movements to music) · fi tanssi (movements to music) · fa دانْس (movements to music) · uz tansa (movements to music) · hi नृत्य (movements to music) · grc χορός (movements to music) · sh plȇs (movements to music) · ko 춤 (movements to music) · ba бейеү (movements to music) · srn dansi (movements to music) · cst hánaikis (movements to music) · ga rince (movements to music) · ady удж (movements to music) · th เต้นรำ (movements to music) · la saltatio (movements to music) · uga 𐎎𐎗𐎖𐎄 (movements to music) · br koroll (movements to music) · ug ئۇسسۇل (movements to music) · uz raqs (movements to music) · yua óokʼot (movements to music) · lld bal (movements to music) · as নাচ (movements to music) · he מָחוֹל (movements to music) · ky танец (movements to music) · sw ngoma (movements to music) · hy պար (movements to music) · css ruune (movements to music) · fi tanssi (piece of music with a particular dance rhythm) · pt dança (movements to music) · km នាដ (movements to music) · tr bar (movements to music) · pl pląs (movements to music) · ta ஆடல் (movements to music) · hu tánc (movements to music) · br dañs (movements to music) · gcf zouk (movements to music) · bo ཞབས་བྲོ (movements to music) · et tants (movements to music) · zh 舞蹈 (movements to music) · kmr govend (movements to music) · sa नृत्तम् (movements to music) · pdt Dauns (movements to music) · es danza (movements to music) · tl indak (movements to music) · se dánsu (movements to music) · ota رقص (movements to music) · sk tanec (movements to music) · syl ꠘꠣꠌ (movements to music) · alt бийе (movements to music) · sq Kërcim (movements to music) · ko 무용 (movements to music) · bew ibing (movements to music) · ga damhsa (movements to music) · sh та̏нац (movements to music) · vo glävadanüd (movements to music) · kmr dîlan (movements to music) · bew igel (movements to music) · ml ആട്ടം (movements to music) · it ballo (movements to music) · izh tantsu (movements to music) · ca dansa (movements to music) · tr raks (movements to music) · sa नाट्यम् (movements to music) · la saltatus (movements to music) · qu tusuy (movements to music) · wuu 舞蹈 (movements to music) · sq vallëzim (movements to music) · kmr reqis (movements to music) · pl taniec (movements to music) · bew jogèt (movements to music) · rm solt (movements to music) · ps ناچ (movements to music) · nl dans (movements to music) · hi नाच (movements to music) · zh 舞蹈 (movements to music) · he רִקּוּד (movements to music) · sh игранка (movements to music) · ru пля́ска (movements to music) · eo balo (social gathering where dancing is the main activity) · be та́нец (movements to music) · az oyun (movements to music) · zh тёву (movements to music) · rsk танєц (movements to music) · cst ló̄le (movements to music) · nv azhish (movements to music) · nrf daunche (movements to music) · ps رخس (movements to music) · ko 춤추기 (movements to music) · mr नृत्य (movements to music) · ru пляс (movements to music) · gd dannsa (movements to music) · bg танц (movements to music) · lg amazina (movements to music) · sw dansi (movements to music) · wal durssaa (movements to music) · de Tanz (movements to music) · grc ὄρχησις (movements to music) · eu dantza (movements to music) · fi tanssi (art, profession, and study of dancing) · eo danco (movements to music) · bal چاپ (movements to music) · uk та́нець (movements to music) · kmr dans (movements to music) · rm sault (movements to music) · kk би (movements to music) · kbd удж (movements to music) · tay mzyugi (movements to music) · ta நடனம் (movements to music) · gl baile (movements to music) · it danza (movements to music) · fa رَقْص (movements to music) · ps ډانس (movements to music) · nap ballà (movements to music) · sw densi (movements to music) · ja 舞踊 (movements to music) · tg арғушт (movements to music) · wyi ngarrga (movements to music) · pa ਡਾਂਸ (movements to music) · vi nhảy múa (movements to music) · rm sòlt (movements to music) · pt baile (movements to music) · af dans (movements to music)
Etymology tree
Vulgar Latin *dantiāreder.
Anglo-Norman dauncerbor.
Middle English dauncen
English dance
Inherited from Middle English dauncen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced native Old English sealtian, Old English frīcian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”, whence modern leap). Doublet of danza.
Meanings
(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
I danced with her all night long.
“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
These drum beats are making me dance!
(figuratively, intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke. She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it.
A common and beautiful side-effect of high solar activity is the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights that dance across Arctic skies. 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
Sweet visions of you / Will dance through my head / Tonight while I lie / Awake in my bed 1975, Ecstasy, Passion & Pain, “One Beautiful Day”:
And woods along the banks are waving high, / Whose shadows in the glassy waters dance, 1812–1818, George Gordon [Lord] Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, canto 2, verse 54:
(transitive) To perform the steps to.
Have you ever danced the tango?
(transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead,
By pavèd fountain, or by rushy brook,
or in the beachèd margent of the sea,
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind,
But with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
Thy grandsire loved thee well; / Many a time he danced thee on his knee. c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
(euphemistic, figuratively) To make love or have sex.
You make me feel like dancing.
(of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
It was seen that the readiness to dance and intensity of the dance are clearly increased when the temperature in the hive remained between 28-36° C. 1961 November, W. Wittekindt, “An Understanding of Dancing Behaviour”, in G. H. Cale, editor, The American Bee Journal, volume 101, number 11, Hamilton, page 434:
(euphemistic, figuratively) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
'Hats off!' the shout went up, not out of respect for those about to die, but for a better view of their death dance. The hangman, who was as drunk as anyone else, uncoiled the rope's free end from each prisoner in turn and threw it up to an assistant balanced precariously on the beam above. Each was tightly fastened, leaving very little slack. When the moment came, the carts would be driven out from under the prisoners, leaving them dancing the Tyburn jig, their legs paddling helplessly in the air. 2010 January 12, Sara Starbuck, Dread Pirate Fleur and the Hangman's Noose, page 342:
Not only will you be whipped, but Jack Ketch will be displeased. He knows how to attach the rope just so...a man's neck can be snaped in an instant and he feels pain for a moment only. Or, at Ketch's pleasure, the man swings in the air, his legs dance in an ungainly manner, his face turns red, his tongue turns purple and protrudes - a poor devil once bit off the tip and spit it out, and he chocked(sic) to death. 2019 November 7, Carter J. Gregory, The Hangman's Psalm: The Girl at the Gallows:
Initially, all hanging deaths were by the short rope. The victims strangled as they performed a twitching death dance. Over time there was a move to a longer rope. The extra drop meant the victim's neck snapped, causing a more humane death. For a long time adter the long rope was introduced, stories circulated around Aberdeen of executioners slipping in the short rope for criminals convicted of particularly heinous crimes, especially for crimes against children. No quick end for these devils. A slow dancing death, courtesy of the short rope, brouht in by canny executioners. 2022 November 30, John Gardiner, A Hitchhiker's Triptych:
Simon had seen other men executed at Berkeley, both in the castle and outside in the village. They were usually strung up like rats, left to dance, their death throes sometimes seeming to last forever. 2001, Paul Doherty, The Hangman's Hymn (Canterbury Tales Mysteries, Book 5):
If that veil can be maintained, if the workers can be kept from knowing the perfidy of officials, the criminality of capitalism, the murderous vengeance that is planned by the plutocratic powers of America, then Charles Moyer, William D. Haywood, and George Pettibone will dance on empty air, while the ghouls of capitalism rejoice because they have landed another blow upon the body of resisting labor. 1907, Literary Digest, volume 34, page 364:
Beneath the shoulder blades of the limp form lying there lay the heart that had hated him, that had beat high at the thought of seeing him kick at the end of a hangman's rope, that had exulted in the prospect of him dancing a death dance on air. 1926, Walter Noble Burns, The Saga of Billy the Kid, page 250:
id menari (move rhythmically to music) · kab ⵞⴻⴹⵃⴻⵖ (move rhythmically to music) · bo ཞབས་བྲོ་བརྒྱབ (move rhythmically to music) · zh тёву (move rhythmically to music) · ota رقص ایتمك (move rhythmically to music) · rm baller (move rhythmically to music) · lld balé (move rhythmically to music) · gl danzar (move rhythmically to music) · la saltō (move rhythmically to music) · egy i-b-A-Y6 (move rhythmically to music) · hi नृत्य करना (move rhythmically to music) · da danse (move rhythmically to music) · sh ȉgrati (move rhythmically to music) · tr oynamak (move rhythmically to music) · ba бейеү (move rhythmically to music) · hu táncol (move rhythmically to music) · ko 추다 (move rhythmically to music) · ru станцевать (move rhythmically to music) · orv плꙗсати (move rhythmically to music) · rsk танцовац (move rhythmically to music) · mt żifen (move rhythmically to music) · ca ballar (move rhythmically to music) · kw karolli (move rhythmically to music) · dsb rejowaś (move rhythmically to music) · tg рақсидан (move rhythmically to music) · mfe danse (move rhythmically to music) · ny kuvina (move rhythmically to music) · gd danns (move rhythmically to music) · ka ცეკვავს (move rhythmically to music) · chr ᎠᎵᏍᎩᎠ (move rhythmically to music) · mn бүжиглэх (move rhythmically to music) · ca dansar (move rhythmically to music) · tg рақс кардан (move rhythmically to music) · izh karata (move rhythmically to music) · az rəqs etmək (move rhythmically to music) · nb danse (move rhythmically to music) · zdj uzina (move rhythmically to music) · sc baddare (move rhythmically to music) · eu dantza egin (move rhythmically to music) · izh tantsia (move rhythmically to music) · ilo agsala (move rhythmically to music) · sdc baddà (move rhythmically to music) · wa danser (move rhythmically to music) · vi múa (move rhythmically to music) · ia dansar (move rhythmically to music) · ta கூத்தாடு (move rhythmically to music) · uz oʻynamoq (move rhythmically to music) · ru пляса́ть (move rhythmically to music) · kea badja (move rhythmically to music) · om shubbisuu (move rhythmically to music) · ceb sayaw (move rhythmically to music) · is dansa (move rhythmically to music) · nv alzhish (move rhythmically to music) · tt бие-ргә (move rhythmically to music) · hy պարել (move rhythmically to music) · hsb rejować (move rhythmically to music) · rue плясати (move rhythmically to music) · nmn ǀxâã (move rhythmically to music) · yua óokʼot (move rhythmically to music) · cs tančit (move rhythmically to music) · ko 춤을 추다 (move rhythmically to music) · ja ダンスする (move rhythmically to music) · be танцава́ць (move rhythmically to music) · el χορεύω (move rhythmically to music) · te నర్తించు (move rhythmically to music) · sq vallëzoj (move rhythmically to music) · ug تانسا ئوينىماق (move rhythmically to music) · gl bailar (move rhythmically to music) · as নচা (move rhythmically to music) · cs plesati (move rhythmically to music) · ar زفن (move rhythmically to music) · fo dansa (move rhythmically to music) · sw -cheza ngoma (move rhythmically to music) · it ballare (move rhythmically to music) · tl sumayaw (move rhythmically to music) · alt бийеер (move rhythmically to music) · sh и̏грати (move rhythmically to music) · ht danse (move rhythmically to music) · th เต้น (move rhythmically to music) · swb uzina (move rhythmically to music) · ang sealtian (move rhythmically to music) · fa رَقْص کَرْدَن (move rhythmically to music) · oc dançar (move rhythmically to music) · iso gbe (move rhythmically to music) · vo danüdön (move rhythmically to music) · jv njoget (move rhythmically to music) · ks نَژُن (move rhythmically to music) · km រាំ (move rhythmically to music) · aii ܪܵܩܹܕ݂ (move rhythmically to music) · as নাচা (move rhythmically to music) · rap 'ori (move rhythmically to music) · urk ตารี (move rhythmically to music) · ka როკავს (move rhythmically to music) · sc dantzàre (move rhythmically to music) · tum kuvina (move rhythmically to music) · cu плѧсати (move rhythmically to music) · crk ᓂᒥᐦᑐ (move rhythmically to music) · uz oʻyinga tushmoq (move rhythmically to music) · io dansar (move rhythmically to music) · srn dansi (move rhythmically to music) · lv dejot (move rhythmically to music) · sa नृत्यति (move rhythmically to music) · ckb سەما کردن (move rhythmically to music) · se dánsut (move rhythmically to music) · bsq dye (move rhythmically to music) · fr danser (move rhythmically to music) · rm sotar (move rhythmically to music) · pl tańcować (move rhythmically to music) · ur ناچْنا (move rhythmically to music) · kea dansa (move rhythmically to music) · ga rinc (move rhythmically to music) · got 𐍀𐌻𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (move rhythmically to music) · ota اوینامق (move rhythmically to music) · ml ആടുക (move rhythmically to music) · kl qitippoq (move rhythmically to music) · lo ຟ້ອນ (move rhythmically to music) · nds dansen (move rhythmically to music) · cs tancovat (move rhythmically to music) · ovd dansa (move rhythmically to music) · mwp girar (move rhythmically to music) · rm sautar (move rhythmically to music) · zh 跳舞 (move rhythmically to music) · kk билеу (move rhythmically to music) · ee ɖu ɣe (move rhythmically to music) · hid níhshi (move rhythmically to music) · ps ګډېدل (move rhythmically to music) · pl pląsać (move rhythmically to music) · ja 踊る (move rhythmically to music) · es danzar (move rhythmically to music) · fy dûnsje (move rhythmically to music) · si නටනවා (move rhythmically to music) · gug jeroky (move rhythmically to music) · grc χορεύω (move rhythmically to music) · yue 跳舞 (move rhythmically to music) · kea dansá (move rhythmically to music) · pt dançar (move rhythmically to music) · eo danci (move rhythmically to music) · hi नाचना (move rhythmically to music) · tr raks etmek (move rhythmically to music) · kmr sema kirin (move rhythmically to music) · ar رقص (move rhythmically to music) · pt bailar (move rhythmically to music) · sl plesati (move rhythmically to music) · lb danzen (move rhythmically to music) · syl ꠘꠣꠌꠣ (move rhythmically to music) · uk танцюва́ти (move rhythmically to music) · lo ເຕັ້ນ (move rhythmically to music) · yi טאַנצן (move rhythmically to music) · pl tańczyć (move rhythmically to music) · se dánset (move rhythmically to music) · la ballō (move rhythmically to music) · fur balâ (move rhythmically to music) · sh plésati (move rhythmically to music) · kmr dans kirin (move rhythmically to music) · de tanzen (move rhythmically to music) · udm эктыны (move rhythmically to music) · urk เมอนารี (move rhythmically to music) · mr नाचणे (move rhythmically to music) · ro juca (move rhythmically to music) · la tripudiō (move rhythmically to music) · th รำ (move rhythmically to music) · ug ئۇسسۇل ئوينىماق (move rhythmically to music) · ta ஆடு (move rhythmically to music) · pap baila (move rhythmically to music) · he רָקַד (move rhythmically to music) · rm saltar (move rhythmically to music) · grc βαλλίζω (move rhythmically to music) · kmr reqisîn (move rhythmically to music) · bg танцу́вам (move rhythmically to music) · gcf zouké (move rhythmically to music) · ar رَقَصَ (move rhythmically to music) · lt šokti (move rhythmically to music) · la balō (move rhythmically to music) · chk pwöruk (move rhythmically to music) · ln bina (move rhythmically to music) · mnc ᠮᠠᡴᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳ (move rhythmically to music) · sro baddai (move rhythmically to music) · sh пле́сати (move rhythmically to music) · esu yurartuq (move rhythmically to music) · lv diet (move rhythmically to music) · txb tsip- (move rhythmically to music) · tl sayaw (move rhythmically to music) · uz raqs tushmoq (move rhythmically to music) · ro dansa (move rhythmically to music) · egy x-b-A32 (move rhythmically to music) · gcf dansé (move rhythmically to music) · mk танцува (move rhythmically to music) · zh винон (move rhythmically to music) · fa رَقْصیدَن (move rhythmically to music) · mrw sayaw (move rhythmically to music) · br korolliñ (move rhythmically to music) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (move rhythmically to music) · ast baillar (move rhythmically to music) · et tantsima (move rhythmically to music) · lol bina (move rhythmically to music) · fi tanssia (move rhythmically to music) · nrf danser (move rhythmically to music) · bni bina (move rhythmically to music) · th เต้นรำ (move rhythmically to music) · ar رقص (move rhythmically to music) · yao kuŵina (move rhythmically to music) · nl dansen (move rhythmically to music) · nn dansa (move rhythmically to music) · it danzare (move rhythmically to music) · grc ὀρχέομαι (move rhythmically to music) · ko 춤추다 (move rhythmically to music) · bn নাচা (move rhythmically to music) · tk tans etmek (move rhythmically to music) · pl gulać (move rhythmically to music) · cy dawnsio (move rhythmically to music) · rm suter (move rhythmically to music) · az oynamaq (move rhythmically to music) · ta நடனமாடு (move rhythmically to music) · lo ເຕັ້ນລຳ (move rhythmically to music) · mr नृत्य करणे (move rhythmically to music) · ky бийлөө (move rhythmically to music) · sro dantzai (move rhythmically to music) · ms menari (move rhythmically to music) · evn хоролдёми (move rhythmically to music) · my က (move rhythmically to music) · qu tusuy (move rhythmically to music) · vi nhảy (move rhythmically to music) · ar شطح (move rhythmically to music) · esu agnguartuq (move rhythmically to music) · ru потанцевать (move rhythmically to music) · an bailar (move rhythmically to music) · alt бийелеер (move rhythmically to music) · ru танцева́ть (move rhythmically to music) · nrf daunchi (move rhythmically to music) · kea baiá (move rhythmically to music) · ang frīcian (move rhythmically to music) · sk tancovať (move rhythmically to music) · sv dansa (move rhythmically to music) · egl balēr (move rhythmically to music) · rm ballar (move rhythmically to music) · ttj -zina (move rhythmically to music) · es bailar (move rhythmically to music) · sdn baddà (move rhythmically to music) · mi kanikani (move rhythmically to music) · tr dans etmek (move rhythmically to music)
A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
The fact appears to have been that Simon de Montacute bore two coats; the one, Argent, three fusils, which it is most probable was a corruption of a fess dancette, or a dance, Gules; and the other, Azure, a griffin segreant[…] 1828, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Walter (of Exeter), The Siege of Carlaverock in the XXVIII Edward I. A. D. MCCC, page 243:
It is as follows - being headed by a shield of arms in colours - gold with a dance gules between three croslets fitchy gules. 1902, The Ancestor: A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities ..., page 85:
Or, a dance gules, in chief 3 lions' faces sable. 1922, Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, page 189: