ONE-STEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one-step mean? 

• ONE-STEP (noun)
  The noun ONE-STEP has 1 sense:

1. an early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot

  Familiarity information: ONE-STEP used as a noun is very rare.

• ONE-STEP (verb)
  The verb ONE-STEP has 1 sense:

1. dance the one-step

  Familiarity information: ONE-STEP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONE-STEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("one-step" is a kind of...):

ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "one-step"):

turkey trot (an early ragtime one-step)

Derivation:

one-step (dance the one-step)

• ONE-STEP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dance the one-step

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "one-step" is one way to...):

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

one-step (an early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot)