Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A ballet movement consisting of one or more quick gliding steps with the same foot always leading.
- intransitive verb To perform this movement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In dancing, to execute a step or gliding motion (known as the chassé) in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
- To move or make one's way with gliding steps, as across a crowded room: as, before long he chasséd up to me.
- To cause to chassé toward the door; dismiss.
- noun In dancing, a step or gliding motion in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
- intransitive verb (Dancing) To make the movement called chassé.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dance A
gliding movement indance (especiallyballet ) with the samefoot alwaysleading . - verb intransitive To perform this step.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from past participle of chasser, to chase, from Old French chacier; see chase.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
French chasser, to chase
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