contradance

Speech parts

1. contradance - Noun

2. contradance - Verb

Meaning

A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

country dancing country-dance contredanse contra danse square dance square dancing longways dance

Hypernyms

dance folk dance folk dancing trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe

Hyponyms

swing promenade landler longways square dance square dancing

Examples

Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance. Rachel Kushner

In 1998 Karen Robinson also invented a game which Hans Bodlaender named Chess Contradance, as the setup is like a contradance with the two lines facing each other. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

contracultural contracyclical contracyclically contradancing contradanse contradanza