dancing

DAN-sing/ˈdænsɪŋ/UKDAHN-sing/ˈdɑːnsɪŋ/

Pluraldancings (some meanings)

3 meanings of dancing

1
noununcountable
Moving your body to music, often with other people, as a fun activity.
Like skipping or jumping for fun, but in time with music.
Dancing is her favorite way to relax after a long week.
He took up dancing last year and now goes to a class every Monday.
2
verb
Present participle of dance. Use this form for the action happening right now.
The children are dancing in the yard.
She kept dancing until the music finally stopped.
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3
nounhistoricalcountable
A club in France where people once went to dance together.
Like a place people went just to dance, the way some go to a club today.
The whole town gathered at the dancing on Sunday evenings.
New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.
2001, William A. Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great WarsHere, dancings means dance halls where people went to dance socially.
Similarclub, ballroom
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dancing is a form of dance

dance, verb: To move your body in time to music, or to do a certain dance such as a tango. Full entry

Forms: dancedances he/she/itdancing -ing formdanced past tense, past participle
Spelling: dance → dancing: drop the e, add -ing

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