English dictionary

tarantella

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella

noun.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons

noun.act

Synonyms tarantelle

Source: WordNet 3.0
A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the <i>tarantula</i>. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.

noun

Source: webster1913