cancan
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈkænˌkæn/
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/ˈkænˌkæn/ · /ˈkanˌkan/ · /ˈkɛnˌkɛn/
Definition of cancan
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
-
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.”
- (broadly)A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
- A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
verb
- To dance the cancan.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French cancan.
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