cancan.
A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
Meaning & usage
A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France. "Galop Infernal", a movement from Jacques Offenbach's opera Orpheus in the Underworld, commonly associated with and called the cancan.
A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French cancan.
To dance the cancan.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French cancan.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.