spring dance

English

Noun

spring dance (plural spring dances)

1. A folk dance traditionally held to celebrate the season of spring.
2. A dance held in the spring.
3. A vigorous dance with jumping or leaping moves.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 14:

     "There lies the parson, and here am I," he said, with one of his well known airs, "and now let us have a spring-dance!" In an instant the whole congregation was in the midst of a wild dance; a big tall peasant came towards me and took me by the shoulder and said: "You'll have to join us, my lad!"

Related terms

• springdans