polka

Definition of Polka in English :

1. polka

music performed for dancing the polka

2. polka

a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time

3. polka

dance a polka

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Polka

noun plural -kas

1.

a 19th-century Bohemian dance with three steps and a hop, in fast duple time

2.

a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

verb -kas, -kaing or -kaed

3. (intransitive)

to dance a polka

noun

1.

a fast dance for couples, developed in Bohemia in the early 19th cent.: the basic step is a hop followed by three small steps

2.

music for this dance, in fast duple time

verb intransitive

3.

to dance the polka

n.

1. A lively dance in duple meter, originating in Bohemia and performed by couples.

2. The music for this dance.

v.intr. pol·kaed, pol·ka·ing, pol·kas

To dance the polka.