English Explanatory Dictionary

watusi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A popular African-inspired dance of the 1960s, fueled by the success of the song The Wah-Watusi by The Orlons in 1962.
  2. A Christmas firework popular in the Philippines, made with yellow phosphorus, potassium chlorate, potassium nitrate, and trinitrotoluene.
verb
  1. To dance the watusi.
noun
  1. A member of a Bantu-speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi; the Tutsi.
  2. A cow of a modern American breed.
  3. Alternative form of watusi (“1960s dance”).

Word forms

watusi watusis watusiing watusied

Derived words

Ankole-Watusi
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