barn dancenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɑːn ˌdɑːns/us/ˈbɑːrn ˌdæns/an informal dance in which people do traditional dancing in rows and circles, changing partners regularly
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Dance & choreography
- arabesque
- ballerina
- ballet
- ballet shoe
- ballroom dancing
- ceilidh
- corps de ballet
- dance studio
- dancer
- fandango
- flamenco
- foxtrot
- pirouette
- pointes
- polka
- prima ballerina
- quickstep
- rumba
- strut your stuff idiom
- war dance
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Examples from literature
- Now came the festive barn dance.
- Often I have heard it sung in shrill, piping voice at harvest supper or barn dance.
- That barn dance will be fun, said Alice to Ruth, the evening on which it was to take place.
- The place had been closed since summer, and it seemed colder than outside, but those two did the barn dance then and there.
- We even had picnics and barn dances every three or four weeks.