variants
or less commonly rhumba
: a ballroom dance of Cuban origin in ²/₄ or ⁴/₄ time with a basic pattern of step-close-step and marked by a delayed transfer of weight and pronounced hip movements
also
: the music for this dance
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The band played a rumba.
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The pair performed a good, but not great, romantic rumba to The Little Mermaid classic, and sadly Sasha's friendly crab costume did not make an appearance.
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Calie Schepp, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Dedicating her performance to her mom, the reality star took Judge Bruno Tonioli’s advice by trying not to look so rigid during her rumba.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
The top-scoring performances included Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong’s rumba (24/30), Dwight Howard and Daniella Karagach’s foxtrot (22/30), Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson’s rumba (22/30), and Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold’s paso doble (22/30).
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The rumba, for example, comes actually from the transatlantic crossing of the slaves to Cuba.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
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Calie Schepp, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Dedicating her performance to her mom, the reality star took Judge Bruno Tonioli’s advice by trying not to look so rigid during her rumba.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
The top-scoring performances included Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong’s rumba (24/30), Dwight Howard and Daniella Karagach’s foxtrot (22/30), Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson’s rumba (22/30), and Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold’s paso doble (22/30).
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The rumba, for example, comes actually from the transatlantic crossing of the slaves to Cuba.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Rumba.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rumba. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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rumba
noun
rum·ba
ˈrəm-bə 
ˈru̇m-
: a dance of Cuban origin
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