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contradancing

contradancing noun: contra dance.

Noun

contradancing (uncountable)

  1. contra dance
    • Though the pastime’s popularity has declined since 1976, when the National Square Dance Convention in Anaheim, Calif., drew a record crowd of 40,000, today New York — like Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and dozens of other American cities — supports a modest but resilient...2007 July 15, Joy Goodwin, “City Folk Who Feel the Call of the Do-Si-Do”, in New York Times

Questions about contradancing

What does contradancing mean?
Contradancing means contra dance.
What part of speech is contradancing?
Contradancing is a noun.

Words near contradancing in the dictionary

  1. contracultural
  2. contracyclical
  3. contracyclically
  4. contradance
  5. contradances
  6. contradancing
  7. contradanse
  8. contradanses
  9. contradanza
  10. contradanzas
  11. contradick

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