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spring dance

spring dance noun: a folk dance traditionally held to celebrate the season of spring.

Noun

spring dance (plural spring dances)

  1. A folk dance traditionally held to celebrate the season of spring.
  2. A dance held in the spring.
  3. A vigorous dance with jumping or leaping moves.
    • "There lies the parson, and here am I," he said, with one of his well known airs, "and now let us have a spring-dance!" In an instant the whole congregation was in the midst of a wild dance; a big tall peasant came towards me and took me by the shoulder and said: "You'll have to join us, my lad!"1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 14

Forms of spring dance

pluralspring dances

Questions about spring dance

What does spring dance mean?
Spring dance means a folk dance traditionally held to celebrate the season of spring.
What part of speech is spring dance?
Spring dance is a noun.
What is the plural of spring dance?
The plural of spring dance is spring dances.

Words near spring dance in the dictionary

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  2. spring cleans
  3. spring constant
  4. spring constants
  5. Spring Creek
  6. spring dance
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  8. spring destroying angel
  9. spring ephemeral
  10. spring ephemerals
  11. spring equinox

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