hoedown

noun

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.”

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.”

verb

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”