Usually means: Traditional dancing in rural setting.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word barn dance:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. barn dance: Merriam-Webster
  2. barn dance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. barn dance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. barn dance: Collins English Dictionary
  5. barn dance: Vocabulary.com
  6. barn-dance: Wordnik
  7. barn dance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. barn dance: Wiktionary
  9. barn dance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. barn dance: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. barn dance: Dictionary.com
  12. Barn dance, The Barn Dance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. barn dance: Rhymezone
  14. barn dance: FreeDictionary.org
  15. barn dance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. barn dance: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. barn dance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. barn dance: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. barn dance: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. barn dance: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (barn dance)

▸ noun:  A type of set step routine dancing, such as square dance.
▸ verb:  To take part in barn dancing.

Similar:
barn dancing, buck dance, buckdance, buck, brawl, show barn, barn, barnraising, social, barn raising, more...

Opposite:
formal dance, ball, gala, soirée

Types:
square dance, line dance, contra dance, polka, waltz, more...

Phrases:
The Barn Dance, barn dance mates, more...

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Similar:
barn dancing, buck dance, buckdance, buck, brawl, show barn, barn, barnraising, social, barn raising, more...

Opposite:
formal dance, ball, gala, soirée

Types:
square dance, line dance, contra dance, polka, waltz, more...

Phrases:
The Barn Dance, barn dance mates, more...



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