FOLK DANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does folk dance mean? 

• FOLK DANCE (noun)
  The noun FOLK DANCE has 1 sense:

1. a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)

  Familiarity information: FOLK DANCE used as a noun is very rare.

• FOLK DANCE (verb)
  The verb FOLK DANCE has 1 sense:

1. perform a folk-dance

  Familiarity information: FOLK DANCE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOLK DANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

folk dance; folk dancing

Hypernyms ("folk dance" is a kind of...):

social dancing (dancing as part of a social occasion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "folk dance"):

farandole (a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures)

mazurka (a Polish national dance in triple time)

polka (a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time)

morris dance; morris dancing (any of various English folk dances performed by dancers in costume)

sword dance; sword dancing (any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air)

hornpipe (a British solo dance performed by sailors)

jig (any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping)

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)

ring dance; round dance (a folk dance; dancers form a circle)

rhumba; rumba (a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement)

Derivation:

folk dance (perform a folk-dance)

• FOLK DANCE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform a folk-dance

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "folk dance" is one way to...):

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue folk dance

Derivation:

folk dance; folk dancing (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))