round dance


noun
  1. a dance performed by couples and characterized by circular or revolving movement, as the waltz.

  2. a dance in which the dancers are arranged in or move about in a circle or ring.

Origin of round dance

1
First recorded in 1675–85

Words Nearby round dance

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How to use round dance in a sentence

  • He would like to have drawn a round dance, a drunken old man, the rapid passage of a troka.

    The Precipice | Ivan Goncharov
  • Then at a signal began a round dance, such as I had never seen before,—the Hnen-odori, as anciently performed in Kizuki.

  • The dance p. 101which Mr. Casals—himself a Catalan—described to me, is a round dance of some complexity.

    Rustic Sounds | Francis Darwin
  • The principal round dance was a three step waltz without the reverse.

  • She had her arms round dance's neck in a moment, and her bright young head was pressed against the old servant's faithful breast.

    The Argosy | Various

British Dictionary definitions for round dance

round dance

noun
  1. a dance in which the dancers form a circle

  2. a ballroom dance, such as the waltz, in which couples revolve

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