two-step

1. 1.

   a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps

   Broaderballroom dancing

1. 1.

   dance the two-step

   Broaderdance

Questions about two-step

What does two-step mean?

two-step means "a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in two-step?

two-step has 2 syllables: two--step. The stress falls on "two-".

Is two-step a common word?

two-step is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.