chassé step

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• Chasse (disambiguation) — Chasse or Chassé, a French word for hunt or chase , may refer to one of the following. Chassé, a dance step Chasse (casket), a medieval casket with sloping roofs like a house David Hendrik Chassé, Dutch military commander and Napoleontic general… …   Wikipedia

• chassé — [sha sā′] n. [Fr, lit., a chasing, orig., pp. of chasser: see CATCH] a rapid, gliding dance step forward or sideways vi. chasséd, chasséing to perform this step …   English World dictionary

• chasse — (n.) from Fr. chassé chase, chasing, pp. of chasser to chase, hunt (see CHASE (Cf. chase) (v.)); borrowed 19c. in a variety of senses and expressions, especially as a dance step …   Etymology dictionary

• Chasse — For other uses, see Chasse (disambiguation). Chasse or chassé rarely chassée is a dance step used in many dances in many variants, all of them being triple step patterns of gliding character, steps going basically step together step. The word… …   Wikipedia

• step — Synonyms and related words: abdicate, accelerate, accomplished fact, accomplishment, according to, ace, achievement, act, acta, action, activity, ad hoc measure, adventure, amble, ambulate, amount, ankle, answer, appraise, appreciate, approach,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• chassé — I. intransitive verb (chasséd; chasséing) Date: 1803 1. to make a chassé 2. sashay II. noun Etymology: French, from past participle of chasser to chase Date: 1828 a sliding dance step resembling the galop …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• chassé — /sha say / or, esp. in square dancing, /sa shay /, n., v., chasséd, chasséing. Dancing. n. 1. a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other. v.i. 2. to execute a chassé. [1795 1805; < F: lit., chased, followed, ptp. of chasser… …   Universalium

• chassé — [ ʃaseɪ] noun a gliding step in dancing in which one foot displaces the other. verb (chassés, chasséing, chasséd) perform a chassé. Origin Fr., lit. chased …   English new terms dictionary

• chassé — chas•sé [[t]ʃæˈseɪ[/t]] or, esp. in square dancing, [[t]sæˈʃeɪ[/t]] n. v. chas•séd, chas•sé•ing 1) mad a gliding dance step with one foot kept in advance of the other 2) mad to execute a chassé 3) sashay • Etymology: 1795–1805; < F: lit.,… …   From formal English to slang

• chassé — /ˈʃæseɪ/ (say shasay) Dancing –noun 1. a kind of gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other. –verb (i) (chasséd, chasséing) 2. to execute a chassé. {French literally, chased} …  

• chassé — 1. noun A gliding movement in dance (especially ballet) with the same foot always leading. 2. verb To perform this step …   Wiktionary