ballroom dance

noun

1. any of a variety of social or recreational dances performed by couples, as in a ballroom.

Other Words From

• ballroom dancing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ballroom dance¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Siwa goes in on the character work, managing to be a believable homicidal clown while skipping around a ballroom dance floor right up until the gruesome ending that had me squealing the first time I watched.

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Here, she kept things classy on The Tonight Show, merely telling Leno about the ballroom dance she was learning.

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