contra danse

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Noun
1. a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
(synonym) country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contradance
(hypernym) folk dancing, folk dance
(hyponym) longways, longways dance
(derivation) contradance, country-dance, contredanse

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Verb
1. perform a contradance
(synonym) contradance, country-dance, contredanse
(hypernym) dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
(derivation) country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contradance