hoedown

Meanings

Noun

  • A type of American folk or square dance.
  • The type of music typically played for such a dance
  • A gathering at which such dances take place.

Verb

  • To dance a hoedown dance

Origin

  • 1835–45, Americanism; hoe + down. Social gathering after work time has finished

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