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polka-like

polka-like adjective: similar to polka.

Adjective

polka-like (comparative more polka-like, superlative most polka-like)

  1. Similar to polka.
    • The members’ real innovation is their embrace of a Finnish polkalike genre called humppa, which sounds — well, like it sounds, more or less.2007 September 22, Kelefa Sanneh, “Finnish Folk-Metal, in Swedish, Plus Trolls”, in New York Times

Forms of polka-like

comparativemore polka-like
superlativemost polka-like
alternative formpolkalike

Origin of polka-like

From polka + -like.

Questions about polka-like

What does polka-like mean?
Polka-like means similar to polka.
What part of speech is polka-like?
Polka-like is an adjective.

Words near polka-like in the dictionary

  1. polka-dot wasp moth
  2. polka-dot wasp moths
  3. polka-dots
  4. polka-dotted
  5. polka-dotting
  6. polka-like
  7. polka-mazurka
  8. polka-mazurkas
  9. polkabilly
  10. polkadot
  11. polkadots

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