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# waltz

«waltz» in Mova's school dictionary: **A smooth ballroom dance for two people who turn round and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a waltz, waltzes); verb (waltz, waltzes, waltzed, waltzing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A smooth ballroom dance for two people who turn round and round together, with three beats in each bar of music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#m1)

2) A piece of music for this dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#m2)

3) (verb) To dance a waltz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#m3)

4) (informal) To walk somewhere in a confident, casual way, sometimes rudely, as if nothing matters: "He waltzed in late." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#m4)

5) (informal) To win or do something very easily: "She waltzed through the test." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons, a waltz is counted "ONE-two-three, ONE-two-three": it is in 3/4 time. Famous waltzes include "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss. In stories, "waltzed in" shows a character is cheeky or too relaxed. Australians know the song "Waltzing Matilda", where "waltzing" means wandering the land with your swag (bedroll). Phrases: "waltz in", "waltz off with", "waltz through".

### examples

- My grandparents danced a waltz at their wedding anniversary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#x1)
- The band played a slow waltz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#x2)
- We counted the waltz: one-two-three, one-two-three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#x3)
- He waltzed into class ten minutes late without saying sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#x4)
- She waltzed through the maths test in ten minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#x5)
- The cat waltzed off with my sandwich! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#x6)
- We sang "Waltzing Matilda" in our Australia topic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#x7)
- The prince and Cinderella waltzed around the ballroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#x8)
- I am going to teach you to jump and bow, to dance a waltz and a polka, and even to stand on your head.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/#x9)

### note

Spelling: waltz has a t before the z. Plural and third person: waltzes. Regular verb: waltzed. In music maths, a waltz has 3 beats in a bar, so 4 bars have 12 beats.

### In the corpora

- [3/4 means three crotchet beats in each bar, which gives the swaying feel of a waltz.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «waltz» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waltz/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.