Found 2 items, similar to tarantella.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tarantella tarantella n 1: music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella 2: a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons [syn: tarantelle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tarantella Tarantella \Tar`an*tel"la\, n. [It.] (Mus.) (a) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia. (b) Music suited to such a dance. [1913 Webster]