Mambo
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mam·bo 
[mahm-boh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -bos, verb
[mahm-boh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -bos, verb –noun
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | a fast ballroom dance of Caribbean origin, rhythmically similar to the rumba and cha-cha but having a more complex pattern of steps. |
| 2. | to dance the mambo. |
[Origin: 1945–50; < AmerSp]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| mam·bo
(mäm'bō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mam·bos
intr.v. mam·boed, mam·bo·ing, mam·bos To perform this dance. [American Spanish, from mamboo, wooden cane, percussion instrument.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mambo
mambo
popular dance (like the rhumba but livelier), 1948, from Amer.Sp. mambo, said to be from Haitian creole word for "voodoo priestess."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| mambo | |
noun | |
| 1. | a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba |
verb | |
| 1. | dance a mambo |
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