English noun: Terpsichore |
1. | Terpsichore (person) (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song |
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| Instance hypernym | Muse |
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| Domain category | Greek mythology |
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2. | terpsichore (act) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music |
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| Synonyms | dance, dancing, saltation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | diversion, performing arts, recreation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | adagio, break dance, break dancing, ceremonial dance, choreography, courante, duet, hoofing, mambo, nauch, nautch, nautch dance, pas de deux, pas de quatre, pas de trois, pas seul, pavan, pavane, phrase, ritual dance, ritual dancing, saraband, skank, slam dance, slam dancing, social dancing, stage dancing, step dancing, toe dance, toe dancing, variation |
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| Domain category members | belly dance, busker, clog, dance, heel, jive, shimmy, sidestep, tap, tap dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe |
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