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Tangos

Tango \Tan"go\ (t[a^][ng]"g[=o]; Sp. t[aum][ng]"g[=o]), n.; pl. Tangos (-g[=o]z). [Sp., a certain dance.]

  1. A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandango.

  2. Any of various popular forms derived from this.

  3. a musical tune appropriate for this dance.

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tangos

alt. (plural of tango English) n. (plural of tango English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: tango)

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Tangos

Tangos may refer to:

  • Tangos (song), a song popularized in Spain
  • Tangos (district), a district or barangay in Navotas City, Philippines
  • Tangos (album), a 1973 album by Buenos Aires 8
  • Tangos (Rubén Blades album), a 2014 album by Rubén Blades

Usage examples of "tangos".

There are a whole bunch of grounded tangos down there right now, hopping mad.

And maybe, when you get there, you rescue fifteen hostages—all children—from a bunch of tangos who wouldn't bat an eye over spilling the blood of innocent kids.

They were at the opposite end of the ship from the extraction point, and the tangos had surely been alerted to the fact that there were intruders on board.

The place was jumping with tangos, arriving and leaving at apparently unscheduled times.

Not to mention the fact that the SEALs didn't know if any of the soon-to-be-arriving tangos were real soldiers, able to tell the difference be­tween their AK-47s and their elbows.

These tangos aren't gonna let you go, and you know that as well as I do.

And it won't be long before the tangos realize you and Pete and Line got away.

The Ts—or tangos, as the SEALs were fond of calling them—were waiting on their arrival with assault rifles that were as powerful as the weapon P.

She absolutely hated heights, but she knew if she could fire from the vantage point of those branches, the tangos wouldn't know what hit them.

Day two would be the first phase of the rescue—location and reconnaissance of the tangos holding the hostages.

It'll let us take down some of the tangos silently, and maybe we can make some of them tell us where the hostages are being held and how many guys they have aboard.

I've got twelve tangos in sight, and I can hear more of 'em moving around above me.

We have fourteen tangos down, that's one-four tangos down, one tango captured, all accounted for.

Fitz propped his gun on Hawke’s shoulder and emptied a whole mag, obliterating the rush of tangos down the stairs.

The tangos saw the grenade coming and started to retreat in a jumble back down the steps.