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Dictionary: two-step   ('stĕp')
n.
  1. A ballroom dance in 2/4 time, characterized by long, sliding steps.
  2. The music for this dance.

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Fast ballroom dance originating in the USA in the late 1880s; it was popular in America and Europe until replaced by the one-step and foxtrot in the early 1910s.



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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps


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Two-step may refer to:

In dance

In music

Other uses:

  • Texas Two-Step, a numbers game offered by the Texas Lottery
  • Two Step is also a useful rev limiter used for "Launching" cars off the line.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - twostep; dans

Nederlands (Dutch)
two-step (dans)

Français (French)
n. - (Mus) pas de deux

Deutsch (German)
n. - Twostep (Tanz)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (χορός) του-στεπ

Italiano (Italian)
passo doppio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dança em compasso de dois tempos (f)

Русский (Russian)
тустеп (танец), двухшажный ход на лыжах

Español (Spanish)
n. - baile circular a ritmo de marcha o polca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - twostep

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
两步舞, 两步滑行, 此种舞曲

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 兩步舞, 兩步滑行, 此種舞曲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 투스텝

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ツーステップ, ツーステップ用の曲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضرب من الرقص, ذو ألخطوتين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טו-סטפ (ריקוד)‬


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