Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dance in 4/4 time of Latin American origin, resembling the rumba.
- noun The music for this dance.
- intransitive verb To perform this dance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A Latin-American musical genre originating from
Cuba in the 1940s. - noun A fast-paced
Latin American dance inspired by mambo music. - verb intransitive To perform this dance.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb dance a mambo
- noun a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Orestes wrote the first song with the word mambo in the title in 1938 and he told me that he wrote it for his brother.
NYDN Rss GREG THOMAS 2012
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Taken from four decades of popular dance, "Neighborhood Ballroom" is a major production piece, ranging from Belle Époque serenity to a wild Latin American mambo show, all viewed through the lens of a night club denizen known as the Poet.
marconews.com Stories hkheithaus@naplesnews.com (HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS 2010
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Taken from four decades of popular dance, "Neighborhood Ballroom" is a major production piece, ranging from Belle Époque serenity to a wild Latin American mambo show, all viewed through the lens of a night club denizen known as the Poet.
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Is it any surprise, then, that a Cuban bandleader enamored of the Kenton band would abandon the rumba for a bombastic new variation called the mambo?
When Cuba Invaded America Eric Felten 2010
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The mambo was the unofficial dance of the Havana Mob, and the sultry Latin rhythms that inspired the phenomenon were to underscore the entire era.
'Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba… and Then Lost It to the Revolution' 2008
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The mambo is a dance which originated in the Haitian settlements of Cuba.
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The mambo is a dance which originated in the Haitian settlements of Cuba.
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The mambo was the dance with her doing a solo, and she shook her hips and did a good job overall.
Best Syndication - 2008
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I was expecting him to burst into "Do The Strand" as soon as I heard Bryan mouth "mambo", but this call to the dancefloor is louche and somewhat lazy in delivery.
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Indiana has taken merengue beats that nod to gritty "mambo" and tight '80s ensembles like
NY Daily News 2010
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