- Rapid dance - 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. - Music suited to such a dance.
- The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage;
downfall. - A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively
by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored
people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because
the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break
down. - Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet,
usually by one person at a time.