waltz

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.

   Miss Esler and Mr. McMorrow went to Kalgoorlie to adjudicate at the goldfields waltz and quickstep championships, and found the standard of dancing surprisingly high.

2. 2
   verb

   To dance the waltz (with).

   They waltzed for twenty-one hours and seventeen minutes straight, setting a record.

3. 3
   verb

   To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.

   He waltzed into the room like he owned the place.

4. 4
   verb

   To accomplish a task with little effort.

   Don't worry about the interview — you'll waltz it.

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”). Doublet of valse. More at *waltaną.

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