Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To dance the waltz (with). · To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited. · To accomplish a task with little effort. · To move with fanfare.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA ballroom dance in 3/4 time. · A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time). · A simple task.
From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”). Doublet of valse. More at *waltaną.
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