Polka

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polka \Pol"ka\, n. [Pol. Polka a Polish woman: cf. F. & G.
     polka.]
     1. A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is
        performed by two persons in common time.
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     2. (Mus.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4
        measure, with the third quaver accented.
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     {Polka jacket}, a kind of knit jacket worn by women.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  polka
       n 1: music performed for dancing the polka
       2: a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Polka
       
           An {object-oriented} parallel {logic programming}
          language, built on top of {Parlog}.
       
          ["Polka: A Parlog Object-Oriented Language", Andrew Davison,
          TR, Parlog Group, Imperial College, London 1988].
       
          (1995-01-31)