waltzing

English

Etymology

From waltz + -ing.

Noun

waltzing (plural waltzings)

  1. gerund of waltz: the motion of one who waltzes.
    • 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book VI. Isabel, and the First Part of the Story of Isabel.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, [], →OCLC, section VI, page 172:
      Among the waltzings, and the droppings, and the swarmings of the sounds, Pierre now heard the tones above deftly stealing and winding among the myriad serpentinings of the other melody: []

Translations

Verb

waltzing

  1. present participle and gerund of waltz
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