square dance

¹

noun

1. a dance by a set of four couples arranged in a square or in some set form.

2. hoedown.

square-dance

²

[skwair-dans, -dahns]

verb (used without object)

square-danced, square-dancing 

1. to perform or participate in a square dance.

2. to participate in a hoedown.

square dance

noun

1. any of various formation dances, such as a quadrille, in which the couples form squares

verb

1. (intr) to perform such a dance

Other Word Forms

• square-dancer noun
• square dancer noun
• square dancing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of square dance¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Origin of square dance²

First recorded in 1955–60