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Virginia reel: an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines

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Havana collapse: capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas

reel collapse: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps; winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod; a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector; music composed for dancing a reel; wind onto or off a reel

deer collapse: distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

springbok collapse: a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air

giraffe collapse: tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa

gnu collapse: large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail

elk collapse: large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America

roebuck collapse: male roe deer

centrifuge collapse: an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension; rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

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jig collapse: any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping; a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it; a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water; music in three-four time for dancing a jig; dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

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resonate collapse: be received or understood; sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater"

draw in collapse: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

pull in collapse: move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

reindeer collapse

dromedary collapse

camel collapse: cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

waggle collapse

whaling collapse

gurge collapse

hustle collapse: cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"; sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

rotator collapse

fishing collapse: the act of someone who fishes as a diversion; the occupation of catching fish for a living

thrash about collapse

whirlpool collapse: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

shag collapse: a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn; a fabric with long coarse nap; "he bought a shag rug"; a matted tangle of hair or fiber; "the dog's woolly shag"; a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded; dance the shag

pirouette collapse: (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet); do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance

purl collapse: a basic knitting stitch; gold or silver wire thread; make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling"; embroider with gold or silver thread; edge or border with gold or silver embroidery; knit with a purl stitch

gyroscope collapse: rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction

doe collapse: mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'

dance collapse: an artistic form of nonverbal communication; a party for social dancing; a party of people assembled for dancing; move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"; move in a graceful and rhythmical way; "The young girl danced into the room"; skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways; "Dancing flames"; "The children danced with joy"

hind collapse: female red deer; any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

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vibrate collapse: shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner

roe collapse: the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish; the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster; eggs of female fish; fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture

swim collapse: travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"

fluctuate collapse: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"; move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"; cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

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