two-step

Quick sliding dance

A two-step is a ballroom dance with a basic pattern of two quick steps followed by two slow ones, typically performed to country or polka music.

The term extends to any process with two distinct stages: a two-step verification process, a two-step plan.

As a verb, to two-step is to perform the dance: They two-stepped across the floor.

dance

honky-tonk

Rough country music venue

ballroom · quickstep · foxtrot · waltz · cha-cha · polka · shuffle · pivot · turn · partner

process

procedure

Prescribed sequence of actions

  • sequenceOrdered succession of elements
  • phasesDistinct periods in sequence
  • stagesDistinct periods or platforms

method · approach · verification · authentication · protocol · workflow · progression · implementation · cycle · iteration

rhythm

beat

Rhythmic pulse or strike

  • tempoRate of musical performance
  • meterDevice that measures usage
  • pulseArterial blood throb

cadence · timing · groove · measure · pace · pattern · syncopation · count · downbeat · upbeat

Categories
Opposites
dance meter and rhythm pattern

two-stepwaltz

Dance in three-quarter time

three-step · polka · foxtrot · tango · quickstep

dance complexity and formality

two-stepballet

Classical dance on pointe

ballroom · Viennese waltz · Argentine tango · paso doble · quickstep

process simplicity (metaphorical usage)

two-steptwelve-step program

Staged addiction treatment process

single step · one-step

Family

step, two, steps, stepping, stepped, steppe, stepper, steppes

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G