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Flamenco

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco wordnet
Verb
  1. 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.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Dutch Vlaming).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Dutch Vlaming).

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