Meaning & use

waltzing

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Dancing a waltz, a ballroom dance in triple time; or moving in a confident, carefree manner.

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Couples were waltzing gracefully across the ballroom floor.

He came waltzing into the meeting twenty minutes late without an apology.

A note on using this word

Beyond the literal dance, 'waltzing in' is a common idiom for entering somewhere casually or presumptuously.

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