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hoedown en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhoʊdaʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

1835–45, Americanism; hoe + down, a social gathering taking place once work is over, i.e., when tillers and farm workers put their hoes down.

Meanings

  1. A type of American folk or square dance.
    • John and Susie went to the square dance and did the hoedown.
    • Soon Marshall is doing an elaborate foot-to-foot jig, and then they're all bounding around. Shoulder dips. Yee-ha faces. It's an impromptu hoedown. 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Guardian:
  2. The type of music typically played for such a dance
  3. A gathering at which such dances take place.
    • We have to get to the hoedown before noon, or we'll be late.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hoedowns Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

brodown

hoedown en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhoʊdaʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

1835–45, Americanism; hoe + down, a social gathering taking place once work is over, i.e., when tillers and farm workers put their hoes down.

Meanings

  1. To dance a hoedown dance
    • Having spent the day in the company of this thoughtful, friendly, uncommonly levelheaded band – charmed, completely – a protective part of me sort of wishes they wouldn't hoedown 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Daily Telegraph:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hoedowning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hoedowns Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hoedowned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hoedowned Tense=Past lexicographic

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