FOLK DANCING

Pronunciation (US):

• FOLK DANCING (noun)
  The noun FOLK DANCING has 1 sense:

1. a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)

  Familiarity information: FOLK DANCING used as a noun is very rare.

• FOLK DANCING (noun)

Meaning:

A style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

folk dance; folk dancing

Hypernyms ("folk dancing" is a kind of...):

social dancing (dancing as part of a social occasion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "folk dancing"):

farandole (a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures)

ring dance; round dance (a folk dance; dancers form a circle)

contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country dancing; country-dance (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)

jig (any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping)

hornpipe (a British solo dance performed by sailors)

sword dance; sword dancing (any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air)

morris dance; morris dancing (any of various English folk dances performed by men in costume)

polka (a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time)

mazurka (a Polish national dance in triple time)

rhumba; rumba (a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement)