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DO-SI-DO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does do-si-do mean? 

DO-SI-DO (noun)
  The noun DO-SI-DO has 1 sense:

1. a square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original placesplay

  Familiarity information: DO-SI-DO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DO-SI-DO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("do-si-do" is a kind of...):

contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance; country dancing (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)

Holonyms ("do-si-do" is a part of...):

square dance; square dancing (American country dancing in which couples form squares)


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