noun
Meaning 1
Square dancing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Square dance is America's folk dance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
square dance
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noun
Meaning 2
A particular instance of square dancing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- There's a square dance at the school tonight.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To take part in a square dance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I square danced for three hours last night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
American country dancing in which couples form squares
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: square dancing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradance
Narrower terms: reel, Scottish reel, quadrille
verb
Meaning 5
dance in formation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: kvadrila danco — square dancing
- German: Square Dance — square dancing
- Italian: quadriglia — square dancing