square dance

noun

: a dance for four couples who form the sides of a square
square-dance
ˈskwer-ˌdan(t)s How to pronounce square dance (audio)
-ˌdän(t)s
intransitive verb
square dancer noun
square dancing noun

Examples of square dance in a Sentence

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Learn square dancing: The Wranglers Square Dance Club is offering a learn to square dance class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive in Rancho Bernardo. Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025 Another dealer told me that there is talk that some collectors, still feeling the fatigue from last year’s hectic fair calendar and auction square dance, are using the fires as an excuse to skip a fair that some see as less important than its East Coast counterparts. Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025 Beginner square dance class starting The Wranglers Square Dance Club will start a new square dance class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025 Sandpipers Square Dance Club classes Sandpipers Square Dance Club starts square dance classes on Feb. 6 from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., at La Colonia Community Center, 715 Valley Avenue, Solana Beach. Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for square dance

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of square dance was in 1870

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“Square dance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20dance. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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square dance

noun
: a lively dance for sets of four couples who form the sides of a square
square-dance verb
square dancer noun
square dancing noun

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