< /ˈhoʊ təz; Spanish ˈhɔ tɑs/.
- a Spanish dance in triple meter, performed by a couple and marked by complex rhythms executed with the heels and castanets.
- the music for this dance.
noun
- a Spanish dance with castanets in fast triple time, usually to a guitar and voice accompaniment
Spanish folk dance; by 1846, of uncertain etymology.