folk dance
a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people.: Compare court dance.
a piece of music for such a dance.
Origin of folk dance
1Other words from folk dance
- folk dancer, noun
- folk dancing, noun
Words Nearby folk dance
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How to use folk dance in a sentence
Her own father, a truck driver, was gone for days or weeks at a time, while her mother taught clogging, a form of folk dance.
“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System | by Lizzie Presser, photography by Elinor Carucci for The New York Times | December 1, 2021 | ProPublicaI have promised to lead a folk dance conference on the weekend.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyOccasionally one had an impression that it had once been a folk dance of vigour and significance.
The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson ScottIt's a Russian folk-dance my mother taught me the first year we were in this country.
The Best Short Stories of 1917 | VariousWe'll introduce a folk dance and a few folk songs if necessary.
The Smuggler's Cave | George A. Birmingham
They were dressed in many-coloured garments and danced a folk dance.
Marching Men | Sherwood Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for folk dance
any of various traditional rustic dances often originating from festivals or rituals
a piece of music composed for such a dance
to perform a folk dance
Derived forms of folk dance
- folk dancing, noun
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