Samba or mambo Crossword Clue

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Samba or mambo Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
2. move in a graceful and rhythmical way
(noun)
1. taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
2. an artistic form of nonverbal communication

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SAMBA (noun)
1. large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
2. a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
SAMBA (verb)
1. dance the samba
MAMBO (noun)
1. a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
MAMBO (verb)
1. dance a mambo

Hint 3: Anagram

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