social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining |
any clever maneuver | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful |
the act of rotating rapidly | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
turning or twisting around (in place) | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation |
the act of winding or twisting | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose |
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible |
an interpretation of a text or action | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
an unforeseen development | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) |
a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself | a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) |
a jerky pulling movement | |
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | |
a circular segment of a curve | |
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments | |