Definition of "fandango" [fan•dan•go]

• An animated Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time. (noun)
• A piece of music for this dance. (noun)
• Informal Nonsense; tomfoolery. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The term fandango, though originally signifying a peculiar kind of dance, seems to be used here for an evening's dancing entertainment, in which many different _pas_ are introduced."
• "Telegraph readers have been inundating the Letters page with examples of the curious fortunes of the word fandango in popular song."
• "The Rolling Stones whose lyrics feature the word fandango Photo: AP"