square dance

US: (skwâr′dans′, -däns′)

Inflections of 'square dance' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

square-dances

v 3rd person singular

square-dancing

v pres p

square-danced

v past

square-danced

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

square′ dance′, 

1. Music and Dance a dance by a set of four couples arranged in a square or in some set form.
2. Music and Dance hoedown (def. 1).
• 1865–70
square′ danc′er. 
square′ danc′ing. 

square-dance  (skwâr′dans′, -däns′), v.i., -danced, -danc•ing. 

1. Music and Dance to perform or participate in a square dance.
2. Music and Dance to participate in a hoedown.

• 1955–60

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square dance noun

1. any of various formation dances, such as a quadrille, in which the couples form squares

verb square-dance

1. (intransitive) to perform such a dance

square-dancer noun