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contra dancing

contra dancing is the present participle and gerund of contra dance.

Meaning of contra dance

Verb

contra dance (third-person singular simple present contra dances, present participle contra dancing, simple past and past participle contra danced)

  1. To participate in a contra dance.

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Questions about contra dancing

What is contra dancing the present participle and gerund of?
Contra dancing is the present participle and gerund of contra dance.

Words near contra dancing in the dictionary

  1. Contra Costa Centre
  2. Contra Costa County
  3. contra dance
  4. contra danced
  5. contra dances
  6. contra dancing
  7. contra proferentem
  8. contra proferentum
  9. contra-
  10. contra-octave
  11. contra-octaves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contra dancing (page history and authors); contra dance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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