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merengue

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me⋅ren⋅gue

[muh-reng-gey] noun, verb, -gued, -gu⋅ing.
–noun
1. a ballroom dance of Dominican and Haitian origin, characterized by a stiff-legged, limping step.
2. the music for this dance.
–verb (used without object)
3. to dance the merengue.
Also, méringue.


Origin:
1935–40; < AmerSp
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me·ren·gue   (mə-rěng'gā)   
n.  
  1. A ballroom dance of Dominican and Haitian folk origin, characterized by a sliding step.

  2. Music for this dance, in rapid 2/4 time.


[American Spanish, from Spanish, meringue, from French méringue.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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