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1️⃣ Single stage 💃 A ballroom dance 💃 To dance
to one-step

to one-step

1 8.8
To dance a fast ballroom step using quick walking steps
  • verb
  • /ˈwʌnˌstɛp/
  • Archaic
translation icon : bailar el one-step
  • The couple one-stepped across the ballroom with graceful precision.
  • take one-step
  • go one-step

Examples

  • He had never one-stepped before, but he decided to join the dance.

  • They love to one-step at the dance hall.

  • During the party, everyone was invited to one-step to the lively music.

  • Have you ever one-stepped before?

  • At the dance competition, she showed off her skills by performing the one-step perfectly.

  • The instructor taught us how to do the one-step in just a few simple lessons.

  • Twilight dances often featured couples stepping elegantly in the one-step style.

Synonyms

to dance
vsto one-step
579 1.0

To move quickly and lightly from side to side or up and down

is a specific early 20th ballroom style with quick walking steps

Surface Forms

one-step infinitive
one-stepped past
one-stepped past participle
one-stepping present participle
one-steps third person singular

Etymology

One-step as a verb comes from the name of the dance one-step, made of one and step ('single' and 'move'). To one-step is simply to dance in that quick, single-step way across the floor.