"step dance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: step dances [plural]
Etymology: From step + dance. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|step|dance|notext=1|type=endocentric}} step + dance Head templates: {{en-noun}} step dance (plural step dances)
  1. A dance emphasizing the dancer's steps. Categories (topical): Dances Synonyms: stepdance, step-dance Translations (dance emphasizing the dancer’s steps): steppaus (Finnish), damhsa céime [masculine] (Irish), rince céime [masculine] (Irish), степ (step) [masculine] (Russian), steppdans [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-step_dance-en-noun-e7rkJRL- Disambiguation of Dances: 41 27 32 Disambiguation of 'dance emphasizing the dancer’s steps': 94 6
  2. A postcopulatory behaviour of whistling ducks, genus Dendrocygna.
    Sense id: en-step_dance-en-noun-hoETZP-V Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 23 53 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 67 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 73 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 68 10

Verb

Forms: step dances [present, singular, third-person], step dancing [participle, present], step danced [participle, past], step danced [past]
Etymology: From step + dance. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|step|dance|notext=1|type=endocentric}} step + dance Head templates: {{en-verb}} step dance (third-person singular simple present step dances, present participle step dancing, simple past and past participle step danced)
  1. (intransitive) To perform a step dance. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: step-dancer, step dancer, stepdancer, step-dancing, step dancing, stepdancing Translations (to perform a step dance): stepata (Finnish), steppa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-step_dance-en-verb-zzjGzED4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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