Flamenco
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain. uncountable
"It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism."
- 2 a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet wordnet
- 3 A song or dance performed in such a style. countable
"La Niña was so goddam terrific that after a month of singing with the vocal trio, she was singing solo and she was dancing a flamenco better'n a gypsy fireball!"
- 4 guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco wordnet
- 1 To dance flamenco. intransitive
""Can you flamenco?" "If I have to. How about you?" "Love, I can barely waltz. Jive a bit if I'm pissed enough.""
Synonyms
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More examples"There are also nightclubs where you dance flamenco."
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Dutch Vlaming).
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