samba
samba
Definition
samba (sam′bə, säm′-)
noun
- a Brazilian dance of African origin, in duple time, with a syncopated rhythm
- music for this dance
Etymology: Port, prob. of Afr orig.
intransitive verb
to dance the samba
samba
Usage Examples
Object
- rhythm: Hundreds of people listened to speeches and danced to samba rhythms as four " waitresses " passed through the crowd offering Coke blood drinks.
Converse of object
- dance: LSS: Where do you go to dance samba?
- include: We took to the roads and celebrate the bicycle then all sorts of fun stuff followed including samba and food!
- use: Using samba, the " clients can see the share " .
- configure: Can you tell me how to configure samba to be the Primary Domain Controller.
- drum: Carnival music workshops will include Afro-Cuban drumming, Brazilian street samba, and South African township music for brass and wind.
- play: We couldn't find instruments to play samba, so we decided to play son.
Adjective modifier
- Brazilian: The dance is similar to the Brazilian samba using dramatic or allegorical themes.
- radical: Newswire The African Prison Project 07-07-2006 06:12 Art & Activism Caravan: Athens swings to radical samba!
- acid: Acid samba was something I'd wanted to try since I started play batucada in Birmingham in the late 1980s.
Modifies a noun
- percussion: We offer a musical journey around the world - a 1 hour interactive performance followed by a 1 hour samba percussion workshop.
- band: Loads of music, samba bands singing, street theater.
- rhythm: Almost everything here is linked to the samba rhythm.
- drummer: The crowds of the Portmill stage were gathered early by Toque Tambor, Hitchin's own samba drummers who paraded through the town.
- server: The system time is also got from the samba server.
- dancer: The actions were brilliant with the roads being blocked by ' fallen ' trees, burning barricades and samba dancers waving feather dusters.
Noun used with modifier
- admin: A new rack mounted server has been delivered to Appleton Tower to replace topper as the hardware for the admin samba server.
- carnival: The final result can be quite surprising if you are expecting the smoothness of bossa - nova or the inconsequential frivolity of carnival samba.
- legacy: You can't use any legacy samba services - they have been discontinued.
Present participle complement
- drum: In addition to an evening concert, three participatory workshops cover folk guitar playing, samba drumming and folk tunes.
