noun, verb
noun a graceful dance in which two people dance together to a regular rhythm; a piece of music for this dance:
to dance a / the waltz * a Strauss waltz
Part of speech: verb
1 [often +adv./prep.] to dance a waltz:
[V] I watched them waltzing across the floor. * [VN] He waltzed her around the room.
2 [V+adv./prep.] (informal) to walk or go somewhere in a very confident way:
I don't like him waltzing into the house as if he owned it.
3 [V] ~ (through sth) to complete or achieve sth without any difficulty:
The recruits have waltzed through their training.
PHRASALVERBS
waltz off (with sth/sb) (informal) to leave a place or person in a way that is very annoying, often taking sth that is not yours:
He just waltzed off with my car!
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is waltz a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, waltz is tagged as verb.
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