beguine

Examples

• All

• From somewhere nearby, but not on this street, someone's playing a recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine," a dreamy romantic tune.

  Fiction book (1998)

• We loved to listen to the radio after supper and hum along or sing with the music, such as Glenn Miller's "Imaginary Ballroom" and Carmen Miranda's "Begin the Beguine," which I still find myself humming occasionally.

  Fiction book (1999)

• When they begin the beguine

  The Brothers Bloom (2008)

• The beguine has begun.

  The Seven Year Itch (1955)

• Mazzie's also generous with the sex appeal, opening with an alluring "Come on-a My House" and putting hormonal oomph into "Begin the Beguine."

  Blog text (15)

• More particularly, his right hand played well while his left played badly; he could read the treble clef but not the bass, and as he unerringly picked out the melody of "Tea for Two" or "Begin the Beguine," his left hand crashed and bumbled randomly among the deep notes.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The couple gracefully swayed together as the band played the beguine at the dance hall.

• During the festival, everyone enjoyed the lively music and joined in the beguine on the dance floor.

Synonyms

R

rumba

vsbeguine

9 4.7

A slow Cuban dance with rhythmic, flowing hip and body movements

is from the French Caribbean rather than from Cuba

R

rhumba

vsbeguine

• UK

1 7.1

A Cuban dance with slow, rhythmic, romantic movements

is consistently slow rather than sometimes lively

Surface Forms

Etymology