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cancan

noun
/ˈkænˌkæn/CA/ˈkanˌkan/UK/ˈkɛnˌkɛn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French cancan.

  1. borrowed from cancan

Definitions

  1. A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.

    • They formed up, in perfect silence, in two lines, facing each other between us and the fire, and then the dance - a sort of infernal and fiendish cancan - began.

  2. A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.

  3. To dance the cancan.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA