tangoing

Definition of tangoingnext
present participle of tango
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Verb
  • Throw a linen shirt over the look and—voila—an adorable daytime look for bopping around Seapoint Main Road.
    Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The first summer Mike joined us for our annual pilgrimage to Watch Hill, Rhode Island—the last summer my dad was able to travel—the two of them spent hours bopping around the pastel-colored shops.
    Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • My favorite way to work a Texas rig is jigging it.
    Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Notably, as Eric and Carol were chatting to Sara, BBC Studios was re-jigging its APAC division in order to bring Australia and Asia under one roof.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • There was major line shuffling overall by Cooper on this night, not just Kucherov, but tweaks to three lines, which ended up looking a little different than what was shown in pregame warmup.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • YoshimiO, sharing fellow ’90s icon Flea’s recent interest in the instrument, turns in a credible trumpet line during the track’s shuffling, exuberant second half.
    Reed Jackson, SPIN, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Aztecs won 89-86 before an electric home crowd on a night that had 12 ties and 11 lead changes and seemed like five against six sometimes with the way UNLV coach Josh Pastner was prancing around the floor in a suit and tie while the ball was in play.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.
    Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Tangoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tangoing. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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