Ballroom dancing
any of a variety of social or recreational dances performed by couples, as in a ballroom.
Contemporary Examples
The Gay Games, for example, has ballroom dancing—and the dancers are all same-sex couples.
Let the Gay Games Begin Itay Hod October 1, 2009
Historical Examples
The only thing I could do, having been raised in enervating luxury, was ballroom dancing, so I ball-room danced.
The Adventures of Sally P. G. Wodehouse
Did you and your husband attempt to resort again to your ballroom dancing?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
I want an absolutely quiet room where I get no kitchen noises or ballroom dancing.
A Court of Inquiry Grace S. Richmond
noun
social dancing, popular since the beginning of the 20th century, to dances in conventional rhythms (ballroom dances) such as the foxtrot and the quickstep
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