hoedown
Americannoun
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a community dancing party typically featuring folk and square dances accompanied by lively hillbilly tunes played on the fiddle.
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the hillbilly or country music typical of a hoedown.
noun
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a boisterous square dance
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a party at which hoedowns are danced
Etymology
Origin of hoedown
Example Sentences
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Kiss With A Fist became a sort of witchy hoedown, Blinding opened with a sinister cacophony of whispered incantations, and You Got The Love made ample use of the Royal Albert Hall's "Voice of Jupiter" pipe organ.
From BBC
It’s rocking-chair porch music or accompaniment for a foot-stomping hoedown.
From New York Times
But Roberts’s dance, which will have its New York premiere on April 17 as part of the Graham company’s season at New York City Center, isn’t a hoedown.
From New York Times
Beyoncé has never sounded more southern as she sings, "It's a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown."
From Salon
“Texas Hold ’Em” begins with rapid-plucked guitar and moves into a stomping beat, with Beyoncé rhyming “Texas” and “Lexus” and singing lines like, “It’s a real live boogie and a real live hoedown.”
From New York Times
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