Associations to the word «Rhumba»

Wiktionary

RHUMBA, noun. Alternative spelling of rumba
RHUMBA, verb. Alternative spelling of rumba

Dictionary definition

RHUMBA, noun. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
RHUMBA, noun. A folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement.
RHUMBA, noun. A ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance.
RHUMBA, verb. Dance the rhumba.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats