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View synonyms for one-step

one-step

[ wuhn-step ]

noun

  1. a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
  2. a piece of music for this dance.


verb (used without object)

  1. to dance the one-step.

one-step

noun

  1. an early 20th-century ballroom dance with long quick steps, the precursor of the foxtrot
  2. a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of one-step1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

His life as the child of a vaudeville couple was one-step above living in the circus—cheap hotels and rooming houses were home.

On each carton of Plan B One-Step, a widely used emergency contraceptive, is an FDA-approved drug label (PDF).

While a one-step was in full swing some would-be wag suddenly turned off all the lights.

One-step, fox-trot and a Lulu Fado followed in smooth succession.

For what was a two-step now compared to the one-step which Pee-wee had taken?

To her relief, the orchestra struck up a one-step, and the girls all separated to dance.

And Kitts will spring the book on Windy again, I feel it in my bones, and if he does—choose your partners for the one-step!

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