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Noun: polka  pówl-ku
  1. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
    "The wedding guests enjoyed a lively polka at the reception"
     
  2. Music performed for dancing the polka
    "The lively polka had everyone on the dance floor"
Verb: polka  pówl-ku
  1. Dance a polka
    "They polkaed enthusiastically at the Oktoberfest celebration"

Derived forms: polkaed, polkas, polkaing

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

Encyclopedia: Polka, Masovian Voivodeship