English Explanatory Dictionary

chassé-croisé

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left.
  2. A situation in which things swap, shuffle, cross over or cross past each other in some way.
  3. A role reversal.
  4. Comings and goings; hustle and bustle.

Pronunciation

/ˌʃæseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/ /ʃæˌseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/

Word forms

chassé-croisé chassés-croisés chassé-croisés

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French chassés-croisés. By surface analysis, chassés + croisés.

Synonyms

switch-up
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