two-step

[too-step]

See more synonyms for two-step on Thesaurus.com

noun

a ballroom dance in duple meter, marked by sliding steps.
a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.

verb (used without object), two-stepped, two-step·ping.

to dance the two-step.

Origin of two-step

First recorded in 1890–95

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for two-step

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

Examples from the Web for two-step

Contemporary Examples of two-step

Phase one of the two-step deficit-reduction deal involves about $1 trillion in spending cuts.
Washington’s Next Debt Showdown
Jill Lawrence
August 2, 2011
Perhaps no member of the GOP has been as successful at this two-step as Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.
The Summer's Winners and Losers
Samuel P. Jacobs
September 6, 2009

Historical Examples of two-step

Bert and Phil danced a two-step with some young ladies that Bert knew.
Dave Porter in the Gold Fields
Edward Stratemeyer
At the piano in the gymnasium a girl was playing a two-step.
Blue Bonnet in Boston
Caroline E. Jacobs
It is not an alluring dance, your two-step; it does not require temperament.
The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1
Various
To Una Golden, of Panama, the waltz and the two-step were solemn affairs.
The Job
Sinclair Lewis
"Now then, you concertina boys, give us a two-step," he called out.
A Lively Bit of the Front
Percy F. Westerman

British Dictionary definitions for two-step

two-step

noun

an old-time dance in duple time
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of such a 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