do-si-doing

Variant of do-si-do

do-si-do definition

☆ do·-si-do (dō′sē dō′)

noun pl. do-si-dos -·dos′

a movement in various folk dances, in which two dancers approach each other, pass back to back, and return to their original positions

Etymology: < dos-à-dos

transitive verb, intransitive verb do-si-doed -·doed′, do-si-doing -·do′·ing

to execute a do-si-do (with)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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