Quadrille
Pronunciation of Quadrille
/kwˈɒdɹɪl/, /kwˈɒdɹɪl/, /k_w_ˈɒ_d_ɹ_ɪ_l/
Synonyms for quadrille:
n.
square dance.
dance (noun)
cotillion, fox-trot, shimmy, jitterbug, tango, charleston, twist, reel, hootchy-kootchy, hornpipe, shuffle, moonwalk, tap dance, cakewalk, polonaise, conga, clog, minuet, Galliard, dance, tarantella, fandango, bolero, polka, hula, waltz, gavotte, allemande, one-step, can-can, mambo, turkey trot, courante, lambada, mazurka, cha-cha, two-step, rumba, square dance, samba, highland fling, marengue, jig, beguine.
four (noun)
quadrangle, square, four, quadrature, rectangle, Quadrennium, quadrilateral, foursome, quartet.
Usage examples for quadrille:
- Denoisel, please keep a quadrille for me. - "Renée Mauperin", Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt.
- Society's emissary sketched its perils for unprotected beautiful woman; an outline of the London quadrille Henrietta danced in; and she glanced at Carinthia and asked: 'Have you thought of it? - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
- To the sound of wild music of horns and drums these creatures danced a kind of insane quadrille which seemed to suggest everything that is cruel and vile upon the earth. - "The Yellow God An Idol of Africa", H. Rider Haggard.