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[mahm-boh] 
noun, plural -bos, verb –noun
| 1. | a fast ballroom dance of Caribbean origin, rhythmically similar to the rumba and cha-cha but having a more complex pattern of steps. |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | to dance the mambo. |
Origin:
1945–50; < AmerSp
1945–50; < AmerSp
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| mam·bo (mäm'bō) n. pl. mam·bos
To perform this dance. [American Spanish, from mamboo, wooden cane, percussion instrument.] |
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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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