English noun: folk dance | |||
1. | folk dance (act) a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts) | ||
Synonyms | folk dancing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | social dancing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country dancing, country-dance, farandole, hornpipe, jig, mazurka, morris dance, morris dancing, polka, rhumba, ring dance, round dance, rumba, sword dance, sword dancing | ||
English verb: folk dance | |||
1. | folk dance (motion) perform a folk-dance | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue folk dance | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | ||