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round dance

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1530, OED Evaluation: N/A

A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.

ExampleMeaning
And ah- they'd- they'd have the round-dancing and square-dancing what they call- you-know, with the four squares. And then ah- we'd round-dance like the two-step and fox-trot, and all that. Well, all now different things, you-know. Twists and all that.
A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.
ExampleMeaning
Well, they ah- they weren't- like, you-know, they used to- oh, they used to square-dance and round-dance and everything. Interviewer: What's a round-dance? Speaker: Well, just like waltzes and- Not like they do now. There's a lo-- they say those waltzes are coming back.
A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: So you're dancing at the same time? Speaker: No. No I'd be standing at the front. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: (inc) call. Yeah. But then I'd dance when they put a round dance on, or a sq-- something, I'd dance then. I loved to square-dance too. Oh I love to square-dance. Interviewer: Do you go square-dancing now? Speaker: No. We've quit- we quit since- for- we went f- I'd say about five-years or so we've quit.
A folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (as opposed to a square dance).
ExampleMeaning
Sometimes two nights a week and line-dancing, Ester's more into line-dancing th-- than I am, but I tried my luck at it again this sh-- winter. Ah, the winter were over in Florida, we took a- ah, what do they call it, a Cud-round-dance type-of-thing where you're told what steps to- to go and you're in a circle-
A folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (as opposed to a square dance).
ExampleMeaning
And then after we were married, we took some dancing lessons, and we round-danced. Interviewer: Round-danced? Speaker: My wife and I, yeah. Interviewer: What is round-dance like? Speaker: Well just two people dancing together, eh, yeah. And you could do the polka, you-know, we've done polka.
A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.
But- but- but we- we enjoyed it. And we went to dances at school for a while, just ah round-dance, like ah polka and ah waltz, fox-trot. And we danced a lot.
A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: What kind of dancing were they doing? Speaker: Well they do- they used to do three round dances and then a square dance or they'd have a waltz or a shaltice or a something-or-other and the local guys would play the violin and somebody would cord on the piano. Interviewer: Now I heard there's some pretty good fiddlers around here? Speaker: My dad fiddled.
A folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (as opposed to a square dance).
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: I'm never- I've never any good at the fox-trot though. Interviewer: (Laughs) Those are tough. (Laughs) Those round dances, you have to know how to do all this (inc). Speaker: Yeah, the- no good at the (inc). Of course we done so much square dancing and we didn't get that much chance to do that actually, to learn.
A folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (as opposed to a square dance).
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: And you still enjoy dancing. Speaker: All- all of us are girls, there was quite a bunch of us around the same age, we all went to the school and our fathers taught us how to dance. Square-dance and round-dances we called it. Two-step.
A folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (as opposed to a square dance).
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Square mostly, and then ah, waltzing for those who could and then, what would the other- well, hmm, I don't know what you call it. I know I didn't do it but I don't know what you call it (laughs). Interviewer: Could be- would that be a round dance? Speaker: Yes, it was a round dance. And you all had Chuckie-Farland who you might even come across his name when you're interviewing people.
A folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (as opposed to a square dance).
Speaker: Hmm, I don't know what you call it. I know I didn't do it but I don't know what you call it (laughs). Interviewer: Could be- would that be a round dance? Speaker: Yes, it was a round dance. And you all had Chuckie-Farland who you might even come across his name when you're interviewing people.
A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.
ExampleMeaning
And that's where we learned to square dance. Like we learned to square dance before we learned to round dance. 'Cause if somebody was- if they were short for a square dance they- somebody would just say come on, I'll teach you and you went and you learned.
A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.
Interviewer: Oh what's a round dance actually? Speaker: Round dancing is when you just dance with one partner. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And then the square dance, there's four- four couples.
A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Our kids went and so they all knew how to square dance when they were about six or seven. Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: They could go through square dances and round dances- Interviewer: Oh wow. Speaker: And sometimes there'd be kids there at the dances that other people have brought. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And ah, they'd have fun.
A folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (as opposed to a square dance).
ExampleMeaning
We- when we got there we took the kitchen stove out, took the pipes down and took the stove out and- out in the yard and made room for the dancers, mostly square dancing. Round dances was kind of sissy, girls round dance but, anyway ah we danced all night, singing and playing and- and e-- when the sun come up in the morning we put the stove back in, put the pipes up and we went home, and it was like eight-o'clock ...
A folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (as opposed to a square dance).
There we took the kitchen stove out, took the pipes down and took the stove out and- out in the yard and made room for the dancers, mostly square dancing. Round dances was kind of sissy, girls round dance but, anyway ah we danced all night, singing and playing and- and e-- when the sun come up in the morning we put the stove back in.
A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.