mambo
a fast ballroom dance of Caribbean origin, rhythmically similar to the rumba and cha-cha but having a more complex pattern of steps.
to dance the mambo.
Origin of mambo
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How to use mambo in a sentence
It was a harder, faster version of mambo, coming from the violin-and-flute-led style of charanga and danced in four-four steps.
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The music and Sophia singing “mambo Italiano” always makes us want to dance.
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But the three men marched on unheeding till they stood before mambo.
Benita, An African Romance | H. Rider HaggardThus sometimes the Molimo, or priest of Munwali, and the mambo or chief were different persons.
Benita, An African Romance | H. Rider Haggard"The white gold-seeker does not believe in spirits, and he defies them," mambo repeated in his sing-song voice.
Benita, An African Romance | H. Rider Haggard
British Dictionary definitions for mambo
/ (ˈmæmbəʊ) /
a modern Latin American dance, resembling the rumba, derived from the ritual dance of voodoo
a voodoo priestess
(intr) to perform this dance
Origin of mambo
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