Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A dance in rapid 2/4 time of Dominican and Haitian folk origin, characterized by a sliding step.
  • noun The music for this dance.

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  • noun music, uncountable A type of music common in the Caribbean.
  • noun A song performed in this style.
  • verb intransitive To dance to merengue music.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish, from Spanish, meringue, from French méringue.]

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From Spanish merengue

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