Definitions of samba:

  • noun:   a form of canasta using three decks and six jokers
  • noun:   a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
  • noun:   music composed for dancing the samba
  • noun:   large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
  • verb:   dance the samba