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tango
[ tang-goh ]
noun
- a ballroom dance of Latin American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- music for this dance.
- a word used in communications to represent the letter T.
verb (used without object)
- to dance the tango.
tango
1/ ˈtæŋɡəʊ /
noun
- a Latin American dance in duple time, characterized by long gliding steps and sudden pauses
- a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
verb
- intr to perform this dance
Tango
2/ ˈtæŋɡəʊ /
noun
- communications a code word for the letter t
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Derived Forms
- ˈtangoist, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tango1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tango1
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Example Sentences
Dance instructors run a lucrative trade offering private lessons to couples before their wedding receptions, typically the tango.
Monir is not interested in classic dances like tango or ballet.
His debut novel, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, will be published by Mullholland Books/Little, Brown on August 5.
"Gangs like Tango Blast and the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas got Houston sewed up for los Zetas," the prisoner says.
Thomas is even credited with having brought the tango to Russia.
When attacking the stack with her horns she flings her tail in the air and prances as if she were trying a new tango step.
Pwirting mubayli si Pidru ug tanggu, Peter dances the tango very well.
For no reason whatsoever I was conscious of an instinctive antagonism and yet I obeyed her suggestion and began a tango.
Hearing this, Tango-tango began to sob bitterly, and at last rose up from her place with the child and took flight to the sky.
While he was strutting his proudest through the tango, he was stammering the humblest apologies.
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