English Explanatory Dictionary

cancan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
  2. "Galop Infernal", a movement from Jacques Offenbach's opera Orpheus in the Underworld, commonly associated with and called the cancan.
  3. A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
verb
  1. To dance the cancan.

Pronunciation

kăn′kăn′ /ˈkænˌkæn/ /ˈkanˌkan/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cancan.wav /ˈkɛnˌkɛn/

Word forms

cancan cancans can-can cancanning cancanned

Etymology

Borrowed from French cancan.

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