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do-si-do

do-si-do

3 9.9
Two people walk around each other back to back then return to their places
  • noun
  • /ˌdoʊsiˈdoʊ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : do-si-do
  • The instructor demonstrated how to properly do a do-si-do with your partner.
  • do-si-do with a partner

Examples

  • Watch me as I do-si-do ♪

    Astro Boy (2009)

  • During the square dance, each couple remembered to do a do-si-do to keep the rhythm.

  • Well, you just do-si-do on over to--

    The Border (1982)

  • Did a do-si-do with one guy.

    Blog text (19)

  • We learn do-si-do, allemande, and promenade.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Forward and do-si-do!

    Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

  • Swing your partner, do-si-do

    Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

  • do-si-do says:

    Blog text (6)

  • ♪ Yeah ♪ Heel toe, do-si-do

    Ordinary Angels (2024)

  • At the dance, we all enjoyed performing a do-si-do before returning to our spots.

Synonyms

dance move
vsdo-si-do
20 2.6

A specific step or movement done during a dance

is a specific square dance figure that circles partners back to back
sashay
vsdo-si-do
  • Jargon
3 9.1

A square dance move where partners walk around each other sideways

is a circling that passes back to back then returns to original places

Surface Forms

do-si-do singular
do-si-dos plural

Etymology

Do-si-do comes from an old French phrase dos-à-dos, which means 'back to back'. It describes the square dance step where two people walk or circle past each other back to back and then return to their places, so the origin shows exactly what the move looks like.