Noun: contradance 'kón-tru,dãn(t)s
- 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
- 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