dance floor
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1.3
- noun
- /dæns flɔr/
:
pista de baile
- As soon as the lights dimmed, the crowd rushed to the dance floor to show off their moves.
I will not leave the dance floor until they force me to.
- I will not leave the dance floor until they force me to.
- She stopped me in the middle of the dance floor of a club in Singapore.
- And then Cam's going to be in the middle of the dance floor with JC Penney slacks on.
- And then, and then basically I'm on the dance floor.
- And then you get there and then it's just a dance floor.
- So it's got subsonic speakers built into the actual dance floor itself.
- Last one, little Lisa, what song always gets you out on the dance floor?
- And and I was in the Royal Abbot Hall and I'm walking across the dance floor and I see Jason Kay.
Examples
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Charlie finds himself in the middle of the dance floor, dancing slowly with Harriet.
Fiction book (1993) -
We were having fun on the dance floor, and I asked him if he wanted to go somewhere else.
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I will not leave the dance floor until they force me to.
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Well, you look good on the dance floor, that kind of thing.
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Nobody leaves a lady alone on the dance floor or anybody.
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Get across the dance floor.
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I saw you on the dance floor.
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The place is filling up quickly, and a few couples venture onto the dance floor.
Academic text (2006) -
Tourists and locals approve of the choice and jump to the dance floor.
Academic text (2006) -
Joey catches sight of a blonde figure moving across the dance floor and pushes through the crowd to follow.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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1.0
The flat surface at the bottom of a room, building, or natural area
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a floor used for dancing' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'dance' (move rhythmically to music) with 'floor' (a flat surface). This noun–noun compounding pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Dance floor is a simple name made from dance and floor. It refers to the smooth area, often wooden, in a room or club where people step and move to music, so it means 'a place or area for dancing'.