(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a piece of music with a rhythm of three beats in each bar, which people can dance to.
...Tchaikovsky’s ‘Waltz of the Flowers’.
N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES: oft in names
2.
A ~ is a dance in which two people hold each other and move around the floor doing special steps in time to ~ music.
Arthur Murray taught the foxtrot, the tango and the ~.
N-COUNT
3.
If you ~ with someone, you dance a ~ with them.
‘Waltz with me,’ he said, taking her hand...
Couples are ~ing round the wooden floor...
V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V adv/prep
4.
If you say that someone ~es somewhere, you mean that they do something in a relaxed and confident way. (INFORMAL)
She’s probably got herself a new man and gone ~ing off with him...
VERB: V adv/prep