Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A moderately fast Spanish dance in duple meter.
- noun The music for this dance, often played at bullfights.
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- noun A fast
Spanish ballroom dance indouble time - noun the
music for such a dance, or for amarch ; used especially atbullfights
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- noun a ballroom dance in fast duple time
- noun music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played at bull fights
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We have the samba next and a team paso doble with Ricki and Derek, and Rob and Cheryl.
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On Monday night, it was pro Karina Smirnoff's turn, who got her foot tangled in partner Ralph Macchio's long officer's coat during the paso doble and tumbled to the ground.
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"The Spaniards dance the paso doble, the Italians dance the tarantella, but the whole word dances the tango," he says.
It Takes Two to Tango, So Long as They're Both Argentines Matt Moffett 2011
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We have the Argentine tango, the paso doble and then a cha-cha relay.
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And it only got worse, because during his first dance Monday night, the intense paso doble, he twisted the same ankle again.
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For the paso doble, for example, it usually involves some variation on dramatic black and red.
Dancing With the Stars Backstage Report: Kendra Goes Wild 2011
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What a feat of choreography it must be, as complex as any paso doble, to get eight big men locked together with eight other big men, on their feet, not moving, awaiting the arrival of the ball.
Square-dancing at the scrums engages full force of Brian Moore's law | Martin Kelner 2012
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What a feat of choreography it must be – as complex as any paso doble – to get eight big men locked together with eight other big men, on their feet, not moving, awaiting the arrival of the object of desire, or the ball, as we social anthropologists call it.
Square-dancing at the scrums engages full force of Brian Moore's law | Martin Kelner 2012
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Though she's usually right on the money with her footwork, Kane has trouble emoting the more expressive dances, like the paso doble and Argentine tango.
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But the viewers saved him, and he rewarded his fans with a stirring paso doble set to the tune of "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky.
Cheers & Jeers: Dancing With the Stars' Chaz Bono — He Did It! 2011
treeseed commented on the word paso doble
Paso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of dance to the duple meter march-like pasodoble music. It actually originated in southern France, but is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish bullfight. Paso doble means "two step" in Spanish.
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February 18, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word paso doble
*sighing* thinking about Strictly Ballroom...
February 18, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word paso doble
I've actually seen costumes *nearly* that bad at real ballroom competitions.
February 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word paso doble
Heehee. Jennarenn, you've been to ballroom competitions? Or have you been in them?
February 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word paso doble
That's partly why I love that movie--the cheesiness is such a guilty pleasure. Frangipani.
February 19, 2008