trip the light fantastic toe

1. 1.

   move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance

   “My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio”

   Synonymsdancetrip the light fantastic

   Broadermove

   Narrowerjivehoofclogtap dancebelly danceheelshimmybopbumptwist

   dancing

Questions about trip the light fantastic toe

What does trip the light fantastic toe mean?

trip the light fantastic toe means "move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance".

What is another word for trip the light fantastic toe?

Close synonyms include dance, trip the light fantastic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trip the light fantastic toe a common word?

trip the light fantastic toe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.