ceilidh dance

noun

A type of Scottish dance involving set-step routines, traditionally engaged in at a ceilidh.

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Meanings

nounceilidh dance (plural ceilidh dances)

plural ceilidh dances

  1. danceA type of Scottish dance involving set-step routines, traditionally engaged in at a ceilidh.

    Synonyms: ceilidh

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

present singular third person ceilidh dances · participle present ceilidh dancing · participle past ceilidh danced · past ceilidh danced

  1. intransitivedanceTo take part in a ceilidh dance (noun sense).

    Synonyms: ceilidh

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of Scottish dance involving set-step routines, traditionally engaged in at a ceilidh.

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verbTo take part in a ceilidh dance (noun sense).

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ceilidh dance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceilidh%20dance

MLA

“ceilidh dance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceilidh%20dance. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ceilidh dance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceilidh%20dance.

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