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do-si-do

Syllabification: (do-si-do)
Pronunciation: /ˌdō sē ˈdō/

(also dos-à-dos)
Definition of do-si-do

noun (plural do-si-dos)

  • (in square dancing, and other country dancing) a figure in which two dancers pass around each other back to back and return to their original positions.

verb

[no object]
  • dance a do-si-do.

Origin:

1920s: alteration of dos-à-dos

do-si-do in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of do-si-do in the British & World English dictionary