country dancenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkʌn.tri ˈdɑːns/us/ˌkʌn.tri ˈdæns/a traditional dance for several pairs of male and female dancers who are arranged in circles, squares, or long rows
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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
- A number of country dances followed.
- It was in the afternoon and they were on their way to a country dance.
- Our country dances they esteem too violent and confused, without showing grace or agility.
- The old country dances which used to delight our fathers seem to be vanishing.
- The peasants, dressed in their gala clothes, were forming in a circle for the country dance.