tango

plural tangos · plural tangoes

1. danceA standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
2. danceA Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
3. entertainmentA piece of music suited to such a dance.
4. A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine

present singular third person tangoes · participle present tangoing · participle past tangoed · past tangoed

1. To dance the tango.
2. intransitiveslangTo mingle or interact (with each other).

   Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo.

   2013, Kathy Casey, D'Lish Deviled Eggs, page 67

plural tangos · plural tangoes

1. international standardsAlternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
2. USslanggovernmentA target; an enemy.

   Tango down!

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   The two tangoes running toward the carnage at the prison door dropped simultaneously, dead in their tracks.

   2005, Charles W. Sasser, Detachment Delta: Operation Aces Wild, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 370

   Knight, your flight plan is set. It'll be a two-hour trip to the tango, flying tea-kettle.

   2015 November 23, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, “Dulcinea”, in The Expanse, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Ade Nygaard (Kristen Hager)

   The sharp crack of breaking glass preceded Emily's calm voice. "One tango dead and Marcus is down, John."

   2017, Beth Rhodes, Strike Zone, →ISBN, page 210

plural Tangos

1. A surname.