rumba
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- noun
- /ˈrʌmbə/
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rumba
- The couple took to the floor and began to dance the rumba with elegant, fluid movements.
- Cuban rumba
Examples
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Sabrina & Louie's Rumba moved everyone to tears, as it took us into a heartbreaking piece of her past.
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That's the basic rumba.
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Want to do the rumba?
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- Okay, what we're doing here is the rumba.
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You do a terrific rumba, baby.
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Everybody dance, everybody do the rumba.
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Let's start with a rumba.
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And to top it off, Bryan garnered a perfect score Monday night for her emotional rumba.
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I dance the rumba
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The night before he left, he and Bonnie drank rum punch and had their last dance together, a slow rumba.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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A Cuban dance with slow, rhythmic, romantic movements
How Slow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rumba comes from Spanish rumba, a word used in Cuba for a 'party' and influenced by African words for dance. Imagine a slow, close dance born at a warm Cuban party, and you see why rumba means a sensual Cuban ballroom dance.