Dictionary Entry
tarantella
tarantella is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.
- 2noun
Music suited to such a dance.
- 3noun
a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
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- 4noun
music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
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