dancing

• (UK, Cockney, Estuary, Jamaica) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːnsɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdænsɪŋ/
  • (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [dɛənsɪŋ], [deənsɪŋ]

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnsɪŋ, -ænsɪŋ

dancing (countable and uncountable, plural dancings)

1. The activity of taking part in a dance.
2. (historical) A dance club in France.
   • 2001, William A. Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars:

     New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.

   • 2003, Jeffrey H. Jackson, Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris, page 44:

     Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.

dancing

1. present participle and gerund of dance

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dancing; compare Italian, Spanish and French dancing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.sɪŋ/

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dancing m (plural dancings)

1. (dated) dancehall

   Synonyms: danszaal, danshuis

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dancing.

dancing m (invariable)

1. dancehall

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dancing.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdanθin/ [ˈd̪ãn̟.θĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈdansin/ [ˈd̪ãn.sĩn]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -anθin
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansin

dancing m (plural dancings)

1. dancehall