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square dance

1

noun

  1. a dance by a set of four couples arranged in a square or in some set form.


square-dance

2

[ skwair-dans, -dahns ]

verb (used without object)

, square-danced, square-danc·ing.
  1. to perform or participate in a square dance.
  2. to participate in a hoedown.

square dance

noun

  1. any of various formation dances, such as a quadrille, in which the couples form squares
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to perform such a dance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsquare-ˌdancer, noun
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Other Words From

  • square dancer noun
  • square dancing noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of square dance1

First recorded in 1865–70

Origin of square dance2

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

Nowhere else do 13-year-old boys agree to square dance with their mothers or take the time to realize the solitude in knitting.

Rakkan forgot his Martian dignity and fiddled for a square dance, with Isaacson doing the calling.

On the floor of the barn a square dance was under way, the leader of the City Band calling the figures.

And when the first square dance is about to begin there is a good deal of active searching for partners.

The square dance, the reel, and the jig were the figures that gave most joy to their flying feet.

Just as we got started, the dance closed, and the caller shouted to choose partners for a square dance.

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