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Meanings of polka in English

Russian
полька
Portuguese
polca
Spanish
polca rusa
Catalan
polca
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Central European dance and also a genre of dance music.

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        полька
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        Examples for "polka music"
        Examples for "polka music"
        1
        It sounded like polka music played by an orchestra dying of bubonic plague.
        Under the dome: a novel
        2
        I heard polka music oompahing cheerfully through the hall as I approached the room.
        Dead beat
        3
        He picked up the phone, and a second later I heard polka music pumping through the little speaker.
        Dead beat
        4
        I watched him go and said, after the door swung shut, "Bunny slippers and polka music."
        Death masks
        5
        Spirited polka music was pumped out from the Village Bakery on to a sidewalk still littered with broken glass from shattered windows.
        The Guardian
        1
        They had probably gone to a barn dance down in the Bohemian township.
        One of Ours
        2
        You're carrying a lady there, not swinging some wench at a barn dance.
        The Name of the Wind
        3
        It's a little like being at an overly aggressive barn dance.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Often I have heard it sung in shrill, piping voice at harvest supper or barn dance.
        Tea-Table Talk
        5
        Now came the festive barn dance.
        The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
        Usage of polka in English
        1
        Have you seen my coat-tails fly?' The polka was merry and unattractive.
        Agahta christie: an autobiography
        2
        Jazz might be second to polka as the deadest music in America-
        Lowboy
        3
        Tennyson is dancing the polka and smoking cloud upon cloud at Cheltenham.
        The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 1 of 2)
        4
        Then he paused; the polka would not come-theother voice was louder.
        The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
        5
        Francesca was gliding around the tables in a long black-and-white polka-dotted cape.
        Torment
        6
        Meet and greets with lots of tattooed people in polka dot dresses.
        The Guardian
        7
        Anyhow, you can play the Goblin polka if we get stuck up.
        Roger Ingleton, Minor
        8
        The band had already played a quadrille, a polka, and another quadrille.
        Love and Other Stories
        9
        Mellifluously spoken, over-shaved, and in the custody of his polka-dot bow tie.
        Kalooki Nights
        10
        He walked over to his polka suit, still piled in the corner.
        Dead beat
        11
        Nina leaned on the worktable, flashing her polka-dotted pink and green nails.
        Dolly departed
        12
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        The Guardian
        13
        We each grab on to a pink polka-dotted sleeve and tug violently.
        True Lies
        14
        The blacks polka-dotted the ground around the tree, staining Avalyn's bare feet.
        Mysterious Skin
        15
        She was back in her polka-dot dress and big floppy hat look.
        The unnatural inquirer
        16
        You are to dance the polka quadrille with her, are you not?
        The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
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        Translations for polka
        Portuguese
        polcapolka
        Polka through the time
        Polka across language varieties
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