Square dancing (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

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Meaning:

American country dancing in which couples form squares

Synonyms:

square dance; square dancing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("square dancing" is a kind of...):

contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance; country dancing (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)

Meronyms (parts of "square dancing"):

do-si-do (a square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places)

promenade (a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle)

sashay (a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps)

swing (a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "square dancing"):

reel; Scottish reel (a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps)

quadrille (a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples)

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