square dance

noun

Square dancing.

“Square dance is America's folk dance.”

Meanings

nounsquare dance (countable and uncountable, plural square dances)

plural square dances

  1. uncountableSquare dancing.

    Square dance is America's folk dance.

  2. countableA particular instance of square dancing.

    There's a square dance at the school tonight.

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

present singular third person square dances · participle present square dancing · participle past square danced · past square danced · alternative square-dance

  1. To take part in a square dance.

    I square danced for three hours last night.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAmerican country dancing in which couples form squares

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto kvadrila danco
  • kvadrila dancosquare dancing
German Square Dance
  • Square Dancesquare dancing
Italian quadriglia
  • quadrigliasquare dancing
Cite this entry
APA

square dance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20dance

MLA

“square dance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20dance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “square dance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20dance.

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