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Definition of Fandango
1. Noun. A provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets.
Definition of Fandango
1. n. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
Definition of Fandango
1. Noun. A form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina) ¹
2. Noun. An unknown entity or contraption ¹
3. Noun. A shade of red-violet ¹
4. Verb. To dance the fandango ¹
5. Verb. (figuratively) To dance, particularly with a lot of energy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fandango
1. a lively Spanish dance [n -GOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fandango
Literary usage of Fandango
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"The hall of the grave fathers was thus changed into a dancing- room, and the
fandango was acquitted. The fandango is seldom danced but at the theatre, ..."
2. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Jr. Dana (2001)
"After supper, the gig's crew were called, and we rowed ashore, dressed in our
uniform, beached the boat, and went up to the fandango. ..."
3. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1891)
"... the celebrated fandango. The use of cascarones was commonly practiced at all
great entertainments. Cascarones are egg-shells filled with finely-cut gold ..."
4. Spanish Institutions of the Southwest by Frank Wilson Blackmar (1891)
"At the ball there was a variety of dances, including the celebrated fandango.
The use of cascarones was commonly practiced at all great entertainments. ..."
5. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"Robinson was present at a grand fandango, which took place at the house of Juan
... But this was merely preliminary to the grand fandango of the evening, ..."
6. Report of the Conservation Commission of the State of California: January 1 by California Conservation Commission, George Cooper Pardee, Frank Adams, Sidney T. Harding, Ralph D. Robertson, C. E. Tait, Charles Hamilton Lee (1912)
"With better use of the supply from these creeks and storage where feasible, as
it might be made on fandango Creek, where a known site would furnish water ..."
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