hoedown

US/ˈhoʊdaʊn/

hoedown noun: a type of American folk or square dance.

Noun

hoedown (plural hoedowns)

A type of American folk or square dance.
- John and Susie went to the square dance and did the hoedown.
- Soon Marshall is doing an elaborate foot-to-foot jig, and then they're all bounding around. Shoulder dips. Yee-ha faces. It's an impromptu hoedown.2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Guardian
The type of music typically played for such a dance
A gathering at which such dances take place.
- We have to get to the hoedown before noon, or we'll be late.

hoedown (third-person singular simple present hoedowns, present participle hoedowning, simple past and past participle hoedowned)

To dance a hoedown dance
- Having spent the day in the company of this thoughtful, friendly, uncommonly levelheaded band – charmed, completely – a protective part of me sort of wishes they wouldn't hoedown2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Daily Telegraph

Noun
plural	hoedowns
Verb
third-person singular present	hoedowns
present participle	hoedowning
past participle	hoedowned
past	hoedowned

1835–45, Americanism; hoe + down, a social gathering taking place once work is over, i.e., when tillers and farm workers put their hoes down.

What does hoedown mean?: Hoedown means a type of American folk or square dance.
What part of speech is hoedown?: Hoedown can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce hoedown?: Hoedown is pronounced /ˈhoʊdaʊn/ (US).
What is the plural of hoedown?: The plural of hoedown is hoedowns.

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