| NOUN | act | contra danse, country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contradance | a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
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| VERB | motion | contra danse, contradance, country-dance, contredanse | perform a contradance |
| Meaning | A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line. | |
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| Synonyms | country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contradance | |
| Narrower | do-si-do | A square-dance figure |
| landler | A moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time | |
| longways, longways dance | country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other | |
| promenade | A square dance figure | |
| sashay | A square dance figure | |
| square dance, square dancing | American country dancing in which couples form squares | |
| swing | A square dance figure | |
| Broader | folk dancing, folk dance | A style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts) |
| Spanish | contra danse, contradanza | |
| Catalan | contradansa, contra danse | |
| Verbs | contra danse | perform a contradance |
| Meaning | Perform a contradance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue contra danse | |
| Synonyms | contradance, country-dance, contredanse | |
| Broader | dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | Move in a pattern |
| Nouns | contra danse | a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
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