tango
a ballroom dance of Latin American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
music for this dance.
a word used in communications to represent the letter T.
to dance the tango.
Origin of tango
1Words Nearby tango
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Successful SEO strategy is akin to dancing the tango with Google updates.
2021 Google updates round up: everything businesses need to win at search | Joe Dawson | December 2, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThere’s also a deeply unsexy, hilariously flat tango between The Rock and Wonder Woman, and a splashy Ed Sheeran cameo.
Red Notice is a huge hit for Netflix. But what does that actually mean? | Aja Romano | November 22, 2021 | VoxEven if other e-cigarette companies do pass the PMTA process, their tango with the FDA won’t be over.
It takes two to tango and these people will never stop fighting us.
GOP Hawks Rage: We Want Our Forever War Back | Justin Baragona, Sam Brodey, Asawin Suebsaeng | August 27, 2021 | The Daily BeastNearly all of his acclaimed works are steeped in the tango of his native land.
Dance instructors run a lucrative trade offering private lessons to couples before their wedding receptions, typically the tango.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMonir is not interested in classic dances like tango or ballet.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHis debut novel, Whiskey tango Foxtrot, will be published by Mullholland Books/Little, Brown on August 5.
Amazon’s Fight With Hachette Strands An Author In The Crossfire | David Shafer | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"Gangs like tango Blast and the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas got Houston sewed up for los Zetas," the prisoner says.
Mexican Cartels Tap U.S. Prisons to Expand Operations and Draft New Talent | Seth Ferranti | June 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThomas is even credited with having brought the tango to Russia.
When attacking the stack with her horns she flings her tail in the air and prances as if she were trying a new tango step.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurPwirting mubayli si Pidru ug tanggu, Peter dances the tango very well.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan | John U. WolffFor no reason whatsoever I was conscious of an instinctive antagonism and yet I obeyed her suggestion and began a tango.
The Wasted Generation | Owen JohnsonHearing this, tango-tango began to sob bitterly, and at last rose up from her place with the child and took flight to the sky.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney HartlandWhile he was strutting his proudest through the tango, he was stammering the humblest apologies.
What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for tango (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtæŋɡəʊ) /
a Latin American dance in duple time, characterized by long gliding steps and sudden pauses
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
(intr) to perform this dance
Origin of tango
1Derived forms of tango
- tangoist, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Tango (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtæŋɡəʊ) /
communications a code word for the letter t
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Cultural definitions for tango
A sensual ballroom dance that originated in South America in the early twentieth century.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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