charleston

present singular third person charlestons · participle present charlestoning · participle past charlestoned · past charlestoned

1. intransitiveTo dance the Charleston.

   […] in the Jazz Age she shook, shimmied and charlestoned whilst men just ogled.

   1973, Ian Whitcomb, After the Ball: Pop music from rag to rock

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   The Cambridge professor was charlestoning madly with a well-built woman in a backless evening dress; there were dark patches under his arms where the sweat had soaked through his suit.

   1950, Anthony West, The Vintage

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.
   2. A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster.
   3. A town in Penobscot County, Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler.
   4. A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.
   5. A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina.
   6. A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler.
   7. A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville).
   8. A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England.

      Dans told CNN he will formally launch his campaign with a prayer breakfast Wednesday in Charleston.

      2025 July 28, Steve Contorno, “Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to challenge Lindsey Graham for Senate in South Carolina”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2025

      Synonyms: Holy City, Chucktown, ChuckTown

   9. A city in Tennessee.
   10. A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.
   11. A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers.
   12. The capital city of West Virginia, United States and the county seat of Kanawha County; perhaps after Charles Clendenin, the father of an early settler.
2. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation (OS grid ref NO3845).
4. A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532).
5. A town in South Australia.
6. A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.
7. A surname.

plural Charlestons

1. preceded by definite articleA dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.

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   Dubbed “the Black Venus”, she danced the charleston in nothing but a string of pearls and a skirt made of 16 rubber bananas, performed with a snake wrapped suggestively round her neck, strolled down the Champs-Élysées with her pet cheetah, and became an international superstar. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/28/dancer-singer-spy-frances-pantheon-to-honour-josephine-baker