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DO-SI-DO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does do-si-do mean?
• DO-SI-DO (noun)
The noun DO-SI-DO has 1 sense:
1. a square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places
Familiarity information: DO-SI-DO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("do-si-do" is a kind of...):
contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance; country dancing (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)
Holonyms ("do-si-do" is a part of...):
square dance; square dancing (American country dancing in which couples form squares)
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