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SQUARE DANCING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)