square dance
1square dance — square dancer. square dancing. 1. a dance by a set of four couples arranged in a square or in some set form. 2. hoedown (def. 1). [1865 70] * * * Dance for sets of four couples standing in square formation. The most popular type of U.S. folk… …
2square dance — square dances 1) N COUNT A square dance is a traditional American dance in which sets of four couples dance together, forming a square at the beginning of the dance. 2) N COUNT A square dance is a social event where people dance square dances …
3Square Dance — (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Square dance, dance américaine se dansant en quadrille ; Square Dance, film américain réalisé par Daniel Petrie, sorti en 1987 ;… …
4square dance — n. a lively dance with various steps, figures, etc., in which the couples are grouped in a given form, as a square square dance vi. square danced, square dancing …
5square dance — [skwɛʀdɑ̃s] n. f. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe; mot angl., de square « carré », et dance « danse ». ❖ ♦ En Amérique du Nord, Danse populaire, sorte de quadrille où les danseurs effectuent des figures, au son d une musique de violon caractéristique, ponctuée… …
6square dance — square′ dance n. mad a dance by a set of four couples arranged in a square • Etymology: 1865–70 square′ danc er, n. square′ danc ing, n …
7square dance — n a type of traditional country dance in which four pairs of dancers face each other in a square, and someone calls out the movements they should do …
8square dance — square ,dance noun count a traditional dance from North America in which groups of men and women in pairs form a square while they are dancing …
9square-dance — square′ dance v. i. danced, danc•ing mad to perform or participate in a square dance • Etymology: 1955–60 …
10square dance — ► NOUN ▪ a country dance that starts with four couples facing one another in a square, with the steps and movements shouted out by a caller …
