Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An exuberant dance that originated in France, performed by women and marked by high kicking.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To perform the dance known as the cancan (which see).
- noun A kind of dance performed in low resorts by men and women, who indulge in extravagant postures and lascivious gestures; hence, a quadrille or a similar dance performed in this manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A high-
kicking chorus line dance originating in France. - noun motocross A
trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side. - verb To
dance the cancan.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Is it mere coincidence that the most representative Parisian dance is called the cancan?
Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990
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After dinner du Maurier and Barty sang capital songs of the quartier latin, and told stories of the atelier, and even danced a kind of cancan together -- an invention of their own -- which they called "_le dernier des Abencerrages_."
The Martian George Du Maurier 1865
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The word "cancan" in French means "scandal," and the high-kicks and lifting and tossing of skirts did scandalize
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This night his tiny fingers made shadows that turned into a line of kicking cancan dancers on the curtain fabric.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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And in that light he saw an amazingly beautiful rainbow, like a line of multicolored, high-kicking cancan dancers at the Moulin Rouge in Paris in 1909.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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Fancy abandoned the cancan for the Charlie Brown theme song.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Fancy abandoned the cancan for the Charlie Brown theme song.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Just as naked as the day I was born, in front of a huge audience and eight super-attractive cancan dancers.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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Fancy abandoned the cancan for the Charlie Brown theme song.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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It clearly depicted a little boy and a slightly bigger woman dancing the cancan and every once in a while kissing a little.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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