waltz
wawlts
- n an assured victory (especially in an election)
- n music composed in triple time for waltzing
- n a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
- v dance a waltz
- For the last 20 years, while flightier musicians have run off after every new craze in jazz, swing or bebop, Wayne King has stuck tenaciously to the waltz.
- For most people, the mere mention of a Viennese operetta conjures up a waltz of post-Johann Strauss composersFranz Lehar (The Merry Widow), Oskar Straus (The Chocolate Soldier.