Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "dancing" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

friend's wedding show

Causes

become tired becoming more agile becoming tired being tiered blisters closeness to others euphoria exercise exhaustion exhilerating expression fatigue feet to become sore foolish behaviour getting laughed at getting tired legs going to jail in islamic countries happiness having fun humiliation injury intercourse meeting people movement moving body revolve round earth rhythmic movement sore feet stampeeds sweat wall flowers

Causes Desire

have party hear music

Defined As

rhythmic movement of body to music

Derived Terms

Cotswold morris dancing Highland dancing Irish step dancing antidancing ballroom dancing barn dancing belly dancing border dancing break dancing break-dancing breakdancing country dancing dad dancing dad-dancing dancing bologna dancing girl dancing mania dancing master's kit dancing plant dancing school devil dancing dirty dancing disco dancing folk dancing grave dancing horizontal dancing ice dancing line dancing morris dancing pole dancing ropedancing skirt dancing slam dancing square dancing swing dancing table dancing tap dancing tap-dancing taxi dancing wire-dancing

Inflected/Variant Forms

dance

Context

historical

Prerequisites

being ablebodied body movement coordination floorspace good coordination inferior illogical carbon based lifeform movement music open space rhythm very good coordination

Has Property

harder than parallel parking

Subevents

become attracted to partner dip dip partner exercise fall falling in love get exercise having fun hear music hold hands with holding partner listen to music might listen to music movement moving necking pretending robot shuffle feet smurf spin around like diversh step on toes stepping on partners feet stepping on toes sweat trip twirl

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

diversion performing arts recreation

Type Of (IsA)

coordinated body movement diversion great way to get fit great way to relieve tension motion pastime performing arts pleasing pastime popular past time rhythmic movement self expression social exercise way animals show sexual interest wiggling and oscillating

Related Terms

club dance france

Used For

ballerinas celebration ceremony enjoying music enjoying yourself entertainment exercise expressing emotion finding mate flirting fun getting exercise getting into shape getting workout graceful movement having fun holding close in public joyful physical expression meeting available women meeting members of opposite sex meeting people moving around wildly moving with music people performance performing pleasure professionals self expression sharing musical rapport showing like socializing

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.