Definitions for rigadoons

rigadoons rig·a·doon

Spelling: [rig-uh-doon]
IPA: /ˌrɪg əˈdun/

Rigadoons is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 550 anagrams from letters in rigadoons (adginoors).

Definitions for rigadoons

noun

  1. a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
  2. a piece of music for this dance or in its rhythm.

Origin of rigadoons

1685-95; French rigaudon, perhaps from name Rigaud

Examples for rigadoons

She would dance you a rigadoon or cut a pigeon's wing for you very respectably.

The dance itself is nothing; it might as well be called a rigadoon or a Sailor's Hornpipe, so far as the steps go.

Arm in arm, their sabots clogging, they did a rigadoon down the winding road.

And the Doctor looked as if he should like to rigadoon and sashy across as well as the young one he was talkin' about.

To build a city he had only to play a rigadoon and a minuet; but the other hero destroyed them by the sound of rams' horns.

Word Value for rigadoons
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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