square dance

English - Turkish

Definition of square dance in English Turkish dictionary

dörder çiftten oluşan grupların yaptığı bir dans

English - English

Definition of square dance in English English dictionary

Square dancing

Square dance is America's folk dance.

To take part in square dancing; to dance this type of dancing

I square danced for three hours last night.

A particular instance of square dancing

There's a square dance at the school tonight.

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

American country dancing in which couples form squares

dance in formation

A square dance is a social event where people dance square dances. 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. Dance for sets of four couples standing in square formation. The most popular type of U.S. folk dance, it derived from the quadrille and was originally called a square dance to distinguish it from the contra, or longways, dance (for a double line of couples) and the round dance (for a circle of couples). The U.S. square dance progresses through specific patterns called or sung out to the dancers by a caller and accompanied by lively music played on instruments such as fiddle, banjo, accordion, guitar, and piano

American country dancing in which couples form squares dance in formation

{i} American country dance for four couples who form a square; country dance in which dancers dance in pairs or sets to lively music played on fiddles and a caller who calls out the steps

Related Terms

square dances

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of square dance

square dances

plural form of square dance

square-dance

To participate in a square dance

square-dance music

music performed for square dancing

Turkish pronunciation

skwer däns

Synonyms

barn dance, country dance, hoedown, quadrille

Pronunciation

/ˈskwer ˈdans/ /ˈskwɛr ˈdæns/

Etymology

[ 'skwar, 'skwer ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English, from Middle French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from exquadrare to square, from Latin ex- + quadrare to square; more at QUADRATE.