square dancing

noun

square dancing

noun
1

A type of dance in which eight dancers are arranged in a square as four couples, with a caller calling or singing out the movements that the dancers are to perform.

Synonyms
square dance
Related terms
allemande left, circle left, contradancing, cuadrilla, dance, dos a dos, dosado, Ladies' Chain, Morris dance, quadrille, square dance, Swing Your Partner
Hypernyms
barn dance

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