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Word of the Day:
CHASSE (v. CHASSED, CHASSEING, CHASSES)
Definition(s):
- (v.) to step with one foot to the side, followed closely by the other foot, such as in ballet, dance, or figure skating
- (n.) a quick movement with one foot to the side, followed closely by the other foot
Useful info for word game players:
- Front hooks: (none)
- Back hooks: -D, -S
- Anagrams: CASHES, CHASES
- Longer extensions: chasseUR, chasseING, chassePOT, chasseURS, chassePOTS
- Wraparounds: (none)
- Other Spellings: (none)
- Related Forms: SASHAY
Current theme:
Dance
Epilogue:
There are many words to describe different types of PAS (“a dance step or a combination of steps”). CHASSE comes from the French chasser, meaning “to chase,” since in this movement one foot “chases” after the other. The word SASHAY derives from the same source and can be used synonymously, although it also has other senses such as “to walk or glide casually” or “to strut or flounce in a showy manner.” The term GLISSADE (from a French word meaning to “slide”) also describes a similar gliding movement in dance or ballet.
Most dance and ballet terms entered English through the French language. The influence traces partly to Louis XIV’s strong interest in dance and especially his establishment of the Académie Royale de Dance (Royal Academy of Dance) in the seventeenth century, now known as the famous Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera Ballet).
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