Dance
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

HOP
Jump lightly

BOP
The law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes

JIG
Any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

4 letters

BALL
The game of baseball

REEL
Music composed for dancing a reel

JIVE
A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

SKIP
A mistake resulting from neglect

POGO

5 letters

GALOP

AANGO

FLING
The act of flinging

STOMP
A dance involving a rhythmical stamping step

MAMBO
A Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba

TWIST
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

LIMBO
(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)

POLKA
Music performed for dancing the polka

TANGO
A ballroom dance of Latin-American origin

RUMBA
A ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance

WALTZ
A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat

SAMBA
A form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers

CONGA
A Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file

SALSA
Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods

6 letters

BOLERO
A Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets

CHACHA

CANCAN
A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line

FORMAL
A gown for evening wear

BALLET
A theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers

MINUET
A stately court dance in the 17th century

BOOGIE
An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)

7 letters

ROUTINE
An unvarying or habitual method or procedure

FLICKER
The act of moving back and forth

MAZURKA
A Polish national dance in triple time

HOEDOWN

GAVOTTE
An old formal French dance in quadruple time

FOXTROT
A ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences

DANCING
Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

ONESTEP

TWOSTEP

CUTARUG

CALYPSO
(Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years

8 letters

SARABAND
A stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time

HORNPIPE
A British solo dance performed by sailors

FLAMENCO
A style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet

9 letters

BOSSANOVA

QUICKSTEP
A ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps

SALTATION
Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

10 letters

CHARLESTON
A port city in southeastern South Carolina

HOKEYCOKEY

TARANTELLA
A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons

11 letters

TERPSICHORE
Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

21 letters

TRIPTHELIGHTFANTASTIC
Move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"

24 letters

TRIPTHELIGHTFANTASTICTOE
Move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"