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TARANTELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tarantella mean?
• TARANTELLA (noun)
The noun TARANTELLA has 2 senses:
1. music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
2. a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
Familiarity information: TARANTELLA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tarantella" is a kind of...):
dance music (music to dance to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
tarantella; tarantelle
Hypernyms ("tarantella" is a kind of...):
social dancing (dancing as part of a social occasion)
Context examples
The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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