waltz

«waltz» in Mova's school dictionary: A smooth ballroom dance for two people who turn round and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a waltz, waltzes); verb (waltz, waltzes, waltzed, waltzing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A smooth ballroom dance for two people who turn round and round together, with three beats in each bar of music. tree →

2) A piece of music for this dance. tree →

3) (verb) To dance a waltz. tree →

4) (informal) To walk somewhere in a confident, casual way, sometimes rudely, as if nothing matters: "He waltzed in late." tree →

5) (informal) To win or do something very easily: "She waltzed through the test." tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons, a waltz is counted "ONE-two-three, ONE-two-three": it is in 3/4 time. Famous waltzes include "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss. In stories, "waltzed in" shows a character is cheeky or too relaxed. Australians know the song "Waltzing Matilda", where "waltzing" means wandering the land with your swag (bedroll). Phrases: "waltz in", "waltz off with", "waltz through".

examples

• My grandparents danced a waltz at their wedding anniversary. tree →
• The band played a slow waltz. tree →
• We counted the waltz: one-two-three, one-two-three. tree →
• He waltzed into class ten minutes late without saying sorry. tree →
• She waltzed through the maths test in ten minutes. tree →
• The cat waltzed off with my sandwich! tree →
• We sang "Waltzing Matilda" in our Australia topic. tree →
• The prince and Cinderella waltzed around the ballroom. tree →
• I am going to teach you to jump and bow, to dance a waltz and a polka, and even to stand on your head.” tree →

note

Spelling: waltz has a t before the z. Plural and third person: waltzes. Regular verb: waltzed. In music maths, a waltz has 3 beats in a bar, so 4 bars have 12 beats.

In the corpora

• 3/4 means three crotchet beats in each bar, which gives the swaying feel of a waltz.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «waltz» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.