waltzing

English

Etymology

From waltz +‎ -ing.

Noun

waltzing (plural waltzings)

1. gerund of waltz: the motion of one who waltzes.
   • 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book VI. Isabel, and the First Part of the Story of Isabel.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section VI, page 172:

     Among the waltzings, and the droppings, and the swarmings of the sounds, Pierre now heard the tones above deftly stealing and winding among the myriad serpentinings of the other melody: […]

Translations

the motion of one who waltzes

• Irish: válsáil f
• Manx: valsal m

Verb

waltzing

1. present participle and gerund of waltz