to dance or move in a waltz step or rhythm: an invitation to waltz.
6.
Informal.
a.
to move breezily or casually: to waltz in late for dinner.
b.
to progress easily or successfully (often followed by through): to waltz through an exam.
verb (used with object)
7.
to lead (a partner) in dancing a waltz.
8.
Informal. to move or lead briskly and easily: He waltzed us right into the governor's office.
9.
to fill (a period of time) with waltzing (often followed by away, through, etc.): They waltzed the night away.
Origin: 1775–85; back formation from German Walzer a waltz (taken as walz + -er1), derivative of walzen to roll, dance; compare obsolete English walt unsteady, dial. walter to roll
dance performed to music in triple time, 1781, from Ger. Waltzer, from walzen "to roll, dance," from O.H.G. walzan "to turn, roll," from P.Gmc. *walt- (cf. O.N. velta), from PIE base *wel- "to turn, revolve" (see vulva). Described in 1825 as "a riotous and indecent German
n. an easy task. : The job was a waltz. We did it in a day.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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