noun
beguine
buh-GEEN/bəˈɡiːn/
A Caribbean dance with a rumba-related rhythm.
The dancers move together as the band begins a lively beguine.
Etymology
French béguin meant “infatuation” or “sweetheart”; that romantic word became the name of a West Indian dance and its rhythm.
In context
I'm going to try to show you a couple rhythms here uh latiny rhythms uh the first one is the called the [beguine]
so the [beguine] is a very very much like the Rumba that we've been learning the last couple of weeks
More examples
- The orchestra rehearses a beguine for the evening program.
- She learns the beguine's rhythm in dance class.
- Several beguines appear in the old song collection.
Forms
beguine · beguines
Similar words
- rumba
- A related rhythm and dance rather than precisely the same form.