Definitions for samba

samba sam·ba

Spelling: [sam-buh, sahm-]
IPA: /ˈsæm bə, ˈsɑm-/

Samba is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in samba (aabms).

Definitions for samba

noun

  1. a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.

verb (used without object)

  1. to dance the samba.

Origin of samba

First recorded in 1880-85, samba is from the Portuguese word samba, alleged to be of African orig.

Examples for samba

It was none other than comic Margaret Cho, dancing a samba to the story of “pride.”

Behind the samba beat, the country remains deeply polarized at home, in politics, and in the pews.

The years passed away, and samba had become a tall and strong youth.

The Woz busted a move—and who knows what else—doing “the worm” in the middle of a samba routine in Season Nine.

One and all, the children of Banonga were deft with their fingers, and none so deft as samba.

BREAKOUT MOMENT: Shaking her hips—Elvis be damned—during a too-hot-for-prime time samba with partner Helio Castroneves in 2007.

samba made no resistance when Nando lifted him and carried him to the centre of the clearing.

samba lang tung pagkaigúa, It was pure luck that you hit it.

samba had but to stretch out his hand to make prisoners of what he chose.

“We want her to appear with the samba band and come on and say ‘Shut the ---- up’,” one of the organisers explained.

Word Value for samba
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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