POLKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polka mean? 

• POLKA (noun)
  The noun POLKA has 2 senses:

1. music performed for dancing the polka

2. a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time

  Familiarity information: POLKA used as a noun is rare.

• POLKA (verb)
  The verb POLKA has 1 sense:

1. dance a polka

  Familiarity information: POLKA used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Music performed for dancing the polka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("polka" is a kind of...):

dance music (music to dance to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("polka" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

polka (dance a polka)

• POLKA (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dance a polka

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "polka" 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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

She showed him her ball book with demure satisfaction when he strolled instead of rushed up to claim her for the next, a glorious polka redowa.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The hall was empty, and they had a grand polka, for Laurie danced well, and taught her the German step, which delighted Jo, being full of swing and spring.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Jo wanted very much to ask what his own way was, but his black brows looked rather threatening as he knit them, so she changed the subject by saying, as her foot kept time, That's a splendid polka!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)