TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trip the light fantastic mean? 

• TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (verb)
  The verb TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC has 1 sense:

1. move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance

  Familiarity information: TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe

Context example:

My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio

Hypernyms (to "trip the light fantastic" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Verb group:

dance (move in a graceful and rhythmical way)

Domain category:

dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trip the light fantastic"):

mosh; slam; slam dance; thrash (dance the slam dance)

two-step (dance the two-step)

Charleston (dance the Charleston)

boogie (dance to boogie music)

cha-cha (dance the cha-cha)

disco (dance to disco music)

mambo (dance a mambo)

polka (dance a polka)

one-step (dance the one-step)

rhumba; rumba (dance the rhumba)

samba (dance the samba)

jig (dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions)

jitterbug (do the jitterbug)

folk dance (perform a folk-dance)

square dance (dance in formation)

quickstep (perform a quickstep)

kick (kick a leg up)

skank (dance the skank)

grind (dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced)

waltz; waltz around (dance a waltz)

hoof (dance in a professional capacity)

clog (dance a clog dance)

tap dance (perform a tap dance)

belly dance (perform a belly dance)

heel (perform with the heels)

shimmy (dance a shimmy)

bebop; bop (dance the bebop)

bump (dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward)

twist (do the twist)

jive (dance to jive music; dance the jive)

tap; tapdance (dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes)

tango (dance a tango)

shag (dance the shag)

foxtrot (dance the foxtrot)

contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance (perform a contradance)

break; break-dance; break dance (do a break dance)

cakewalk (perform the cakewalk dance)

conga (dance the conga)

Sentence frames:

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