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square dance

square dance noun: square dancing.

Noun

square dance (countable and uncountable, plural square dances)

  1. (uncountable) Square dancing.
    • Square dance is America's folk dance.
  2. (countable) A particular instance of square dancing.
    • There's a square dance at the school tonight.

Verb

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

  1. To take part in a square dance.
    • I square danced for three hours last night.

Forms of square dance

Noun
pluralsquare dances
Verb
third-person singular presentsquare dances
present participlesquare dancing
past participlesquare danced
pastsquare danced
alternative formsquare-dance

Words formed from square dance

Questions about square dance

What does square dance mean?
Square dance means square dancing.
What part of speech is square dance?
Square dance can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of square dance?
The plural of square dance is square dances.

Words near square dance in the dictionary

  1. square centimeters
  2. square centimetre
  3. square centimetres
  4. square circle
  5. square circles
  6. square dance
  7. square danced
  8. square dancer
  9. square dancers
  10. square dances
  11. square dancing

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