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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dance |
| Synonyms: | march, music, whirl |
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| Main Entry: | dance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving feet and body to music |
| Synonyms: | Charleston, bob, boogie, boogie down, bunny hop, caper, careen, cavort, conga, cut a rug, disco, flit, foot it, foxtrot, frolic, gambol, get down, hoof it, hop, hustle, jig, jitter, jitterbug, jive, jump, leap, one-step, prance, promenade, rhumba, rock, rock n' roll, samba, shimmy, skip, spin, step, strut, sway, swing, tango, tap, tread, trip, trip the light fantastic, twist, two-step, waltz, whirl |
| Main Entry: | duck soup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy task |
| Synonyms: | a breeze, a snap, breeze, cakewalk, cherry pie, child's play, child's play, cinch, easily accomplished task, easy, easy thing, easy to do, kid stuff, no sweat, no-brainer, picnic, pie, piece of cake, pushover, snap, turkey shoot, velvet, walkover, waltz |
| Main Entry: | oscillate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change back and forth |
| Synonyms: | be unsteady, dangle, fishtail, flicker, fluctuate, librate, lurch, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, ripple, rock, roll, seesaw, stagger, sway, swing, switch, swivel, teeter, teeter-totter, thrash, toss, totter, undulate, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waddle, wag, waggle, waltz, wave, waver, whirl, wiggle, wobble |
| Notes: | oscillate means to be undecided about something or regularly swing from side to side, while osculate means to kiss or to come together - in mathematics it means to have three or more points coincident with |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | rotate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around in circle |
| Synonyms: | circle, circumduct, circumvolve, gyrate, gyre, move, pirouette, pivot, reel, revolve, roll, spin, swivel, troll, trundle, turn, twirl, twist, waltz, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirr |
| Notes: | revolve and rotate are synonyms in everyday writing, but not in scientific/technical writing: the Earth revolves around the Sun and rotates upon its axis |
| Main Entry: | zip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move about quickly |
| Synonyms: | bustle, dash, flash, fly, hasten, hurry, run, rush, shoot, speed, tear, waltz, whisk, whiz, zoom |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, slow |
| Main Entry: | walkover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breeze |
| Synonyms: | child's play, cinch, cruise, glide, pushover, runaway, sail, sally, slide, slip*, snap*, sweep, trip*, walkaway, waltz |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | dance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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assoluta, couru, en arriere, en avant, en dedans, en dehors, en face, en l'air, en seconde, heel, par terre, penche, saltatory, soutenu, tendu, terpsichorean, tripudiary
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