Dance and Swing

Dance

Dance verb - To perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music.
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Synonyms for Dance

Swing is a synonym for dance in movement topic. In some cases you can use "Swing" instead the word "Dance" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like leisure, prance, moving feet and body to music.

Nearby Words: dancing, danced, dancer

Swing

Swing verb - To change one's course or direction.

Dance is a synonym for swing in flash topic. Sometimes you can use "Dance" instead the word "Swing" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as beat, leisure.

Nearby Words: swinging, swinger, swingle

How words are described

old old dance old swing
long long dance long swing
original original dance original swing
single single dance single swing
Other adjectives: awkward, simple, complicated, slow, little, quick, traditional, final, next, last, aforementioned.

Common collocations

life dance life swing life
way dance way swing way
arms dance arms swing arms
times dance times swing times
Other words: balls.

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / The '90s The mid-'90s also saw the rebirth of swing music/dance, as well as some clothing styles (mostly bowling shirts) from The Fifties.
  • Comic Book / DC Comics Bombshells When Batwoman is active in Germany, she stumbles across an underground dance hall of teenagers dancing to swing music.
  • In Medieval Mode, where every weapon is disabled except for melee weapons (and a few others), engaging an enemy becomes a dance, as combatants will alternate between closing in and spacing themselves out until someone decides to swing.
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