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Mambo

Noun

1. A lively Cuban dance and genre of music that combines elements of jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms.

Example sentence: The couple took the dance floor and swayed to the rhythm of the mambo.

2. (slang) A confusing or complicated situation.

Example sentence: Trying to fix the malfunctioning computer proved to be a real mambo.

Verb

1. (informal) To dance the mambo.

Example sentence: The club was packed with people mamboing to the infectious music.

Adjective

1. (informal) Pertaining to or characteristic of the mambo music or dance.

Example sentence: The band played a set of catchy mambo tunes.