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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of rumba. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance wordnet
3. 3
   a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement wordnet
4. 4
   syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of rumba. alt-of, alternative
2. 2
   dance the rhumba wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

rumbarumbarumba

Example

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"Do you know how to dance the rhumba?"

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