Word Study
rumba
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rumba has 3 senses
- rumba(n = noun.communication) rhumba - syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba; Array is a kind of dance music
- rumba(n = noun.act) rhumba - a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement; Array is a kind of folk dance, folk dancing
- rumba(n = noun.act) rhumba - a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance; Array is a kind of ballroom dance, ballroom dancing
Verb rumba has 1 sense
- rumba(v = verb.motion) rhumba - dance the rhumba; Array is one way to dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
rumba, n. & v. (also rhumba)
--n.
1 a Cuban Negro dance.
2 a a ballroom dance imitative of this. b the music for it.
--v.tr. (rumbas, rumbaed or rumba'd, rumbaing) dance the rumba.
--n.
1 a Cuban Negro dance.
2 a a ballroom dance imitative of this. b the music for it.
--v.tr. (rumbas, rumbaed or rumba'd, rumbaing) dance the rumba.
Etymology
Amer. Sp.
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