Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dance of Cuban origin, combining complex footwork with a pronounced movement of the hips.
- noun A modern ballroom adaptation of this dance.
- noun The music for either of these dances.
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- noun a slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time
- verb To
dance the rumba.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
- noun a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
- verb dance the rhumba
- noun a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mr. P é rez Firmat suggests that one attraction of the rumba was that it was less threatening than, say, Argentina 's overtly seductive tango: Smooth rather than sultry, the rumba is a dance of courtship, not possession.
When Cuba Invaded America Eric Felten 2010
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Mr. SANABRIA: Right well this is - in Cuban music, it's what we call a rumba arietta (ph), an open rumba.
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He retired on his Social Security to fish and golf inFloridaand enrolled in rumba classes where he took up with a Cuban divorcée twenty years his junior.
I Never Was George L. Chieffet 2010
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Kurt's dance partner, Anna Trebunskaya, explains to the happy couple that the rumba is a "dance of love," a "whole conversation: Do I want to?
'Dancing with the Stars' Week 4: We watch so you don't have to Lisa de Moraes 2010
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The rumba is a lot different from the jive, obviously.
Dancing's Derek Hough: Ricki Is Not Obsessed with Kirstie Alley 2011
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The rumba is my favorite dance, I even wrote a post during the last season of DTWS about my love for the rumba.
Everything I know about Romance I learned From Dancing with the Stars Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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The rumba is my favorite dance, I even wrote a post during the last season of DTWS about my love for the rumba.
Archive 2008-04-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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Penelope Katampe, injuring her face and causing extensive bruising during an April 3 argument at Chez Ntemba, a popular Lusaka rumba bar.
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"In the rumba, which is a sensual dance, you work your hips a lot," says Peri Rogovin, owner of 3rd Street Dance in Los
latimes.com - News 2011
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Evan was dancing the rumba, which is supposed to be slow and romantic; Nicole was dancing the tango, which is supposed to be more upbeat.
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