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contradance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun contradance has 1 sense
- contradance(n = noun.act) contra danse, contredanse, country dancing, country-dance - a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line; Array is a kind of folk dance, folk dancing
has particulars: longways, longways dance, square dance, square dancing, do-si-do, promenade, sashay, swing, landler
Verb contradance has 1 sense
- contradance(v = verb.motion) contra danse, contredanse, country-dance - perform a contradance; Array is one way to dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue contradance
CIDE DICTIONARY
contradance, n. [Pref. contra- + dance: cf. F. contrdance. Cf. Country-dance.].
A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. [1913 Webster]
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