round dance

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round dance

1. A folk dance performed with the dancers arranged in a circle.

2. A ballroom dance in which couples proceed in a circular direction around the room.

round dance

1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a dance in which the dancers form a circle

2. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a ballroom dance, such as the waltz, in which couples revolve

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Noun	1.	round dance - a folk dance; dancers form a circle ring dance folk dance, folk dancing - a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts) schottische - a German round dance resembling a slow polka
	2.	round dance - a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement round dancing ballroom dance, ballroom dancing - any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom

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