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square dance
1square-dance
2[ skwair-dans, -dahns ]
verb (used without object)
- to perform or participate in a square dance.
- to participate in a hoedown.
square dance
noun
- any of various formation dances, such as a quadrille, in which the couples form squares
verb
- intr to perform such a dance
Derived Forms
- ˈsquare-ˌdancer, noun
Other Words From
- square dancer noun
- square dancing noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of square dance1
Origin of square dance2
Example Sentences
He and a “very tall friend” went to a square dance, where they saw two girls walking toward them.
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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