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tango

Best crossword clue

"Ballroom dance"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈtæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/Part of speech noun, verbSorted agnotStarts with TEnds with O1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Ballroom dance with sharp steps and close movement.

Word origin

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).

Used in a sentence

  • Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo.
  • Tango down!
  • The two tangoes running toward the carnage at the prison door dropped simultaneously, dead in their tracks.

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