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Noun: contradance  'kón-tru,dãn(t)s
  1. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
    "The community centre hosted weekly contradance sessions for all ages";
    - country dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse
Verb: contradance  'kón-tru,dãn(t)s
  1. Perform a contradance
    "We can contradance at the harvest festival";
    - country-dance, contredanse, contra danse

Derived forms: contradances

Type of: dance, folk dance, folk dancing, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Contradance