"square dancing" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} square dancing (uncountable)
  1. A type of dance in which eight dancers are arranged in a square as four couples, with a caller calling or singing out the movements that the dancers are to perform. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Dances Synonyms: square dance Hypernyms: barn dance
    Sense id: en-square_dancing-en-noun-ouyjXeFw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Related terms: allemande left, circle left, contradancing, cuadrilla, dance, dos a dos, dosado, Ladies' Chain, Morris dance, quadrille, square dance, Swing Your Partner
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