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one-step

[ wuhn-step ]
/ ˈwʌnˌstɛp /
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noun

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

verb (used without object)

to dance the one-step.

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Origin of one-step

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby one-step

name is mud, one's, number is up, one's, opposite number, one's, one-spot, one-star, one-step, tongue hangs out, one's, one-stop, one-suiter, one-tailed, one that loved not wisely but too well
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Words related to one-step

disco, waltz, rock, samba, tango, tap, skip, jump, shimmy, trip, caper, jig, leap, hop, frolic, sway, cavort, hustle, whirl, strut

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British Dictionary definitions for one-step

one-step

noun

an early 20th-century ballroom dance with long quick steps, the precursor of the foxtrot
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
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