[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dance \dance\ d.ans, v. i. imp.  p. p. danced; p. pr. 
   vb. n. dancing. f. danser, fr. ohg. dans=on to draw;
   akin to dinsan to draw, goth. apinsan, and prob. from the
   same root meaning to stretch as e. thin. see thin.
   1. to move with measured steps, or to a musical
      accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company
      with others, with a regulated succession of movements,
      commonly to the sound of music; to trip or leap
      rhythmically.
      1913 webster

            jack shall pipe and gill shall dance. --wither.
      1913 webster

            good shepherd, what fair swain is this
            which dances with your daughter?      --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion;
      to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
      1913 webster

            then, 'tis time to dance off.         --thackeray.
      1913 webster

            more dances my rapt heart
            than when i first my wedded mistress saw. --shak.
      1913 webster

            shadows in the glassy waters dance.   --byron.
      1913 webster

            where rivulets dance their wayward round.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   to dance on a rope, or to dance on nothing, to be hanged.
      1913 webster
see also:
danced dancing thin to dance on a rope to dance on nothing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dancing \dan"cing\, p. a.  vb. n.
   from dance.
   1913 webster

   dancing girl, one of the women in the east indies whose
      profession is to dance in the temples, or for the
      amusement of spectators. there are various classes of
      dancing girls.

   dancing master, a teacher of dancing.

   dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught.
      1913 webster
see also:
dance dancing girl dancing master dancing school 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dancing
     n : taking a series of rhythmical steps and movements in time
         to music syn: dance, terpsichore, saltation
see also:
dance terpsichore saltation 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

59 moby thesaurus words for "dancing":
   aflicker, balletic, beaming, beatific, beatified, bickering,
   blessed, blinking, blissful, capering, cheerful, chirping, dance,
   desultory, flashing, flicker, flickering, flickering light,
   flickery, flicky, flushed with joy, flutter, fluttering, fluttery,
   gay, glad, glancing light, glowing, guttering, happy, joyful,
   joyous, lambency, lambent, laughing, leaping, light show, play,
   play of light, playing, purring, quiver, quivering, quivery,
   radiant, singing, smiling, smirking, sparkling, spluttering,
   sputtering, sputtery, starry-eyed, stroboscopic, terpsichorean,
   thrice happy, unsteady, wavering, wavery

Dancing >> D Words
Dancing, definition of term: Dancing
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Tap Dancing >> T Words
Tap Dancing, definition of term: Tap Dancing
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Square Dancing >> S Words
Square Dancing, definition of term: Square Dancing
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