dance card

noun

1

: a card listing partners for scheduled dances

2

: a calendar of engagements

Examples of dance card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here are 15 acts — five per day — to put on your dance card for the 2026 Outside Lands. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 30 July 2026

Anyone who loves 19th-century design, arts and culture, and lots of shiny things should add this to their dance card. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026

Alcock was admittedly tempted to sneak back over to House of the Dragon just to see what her alma mater production was up to, but as number one on the call sheet for the DC Studios event film, her dance card was quite full. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026

Cregger is focused first and foremost on directing his own original scripts at this time and has a full dance card that will keep him busy. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dance card

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard