Definition of: waltz

(wôlts) noun
1. A round dance executed to music in triple time.
2. The music for such a dance, or any composition written in the triple time characteristic of the waltz.
—v.i.
1. To dance a waltz.
2. To move quickly: He waltzed out of the room.
—v.t.
3. To cause to waltz.
—adjective Pertaining to, or typical of, the waltz: waltz time. [<G walzer <walzen waltz, roll]
—waltz′er noun