noun
cancan
KAN-kan
noun
1
A lively, high-kicking chorus-line dance that originated in 19th-century France.
"The dancers performed a cancan to roaring applause."
How to Use Cancan
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA fast, high-kicking French stage dance, often associated with Parisian cabaret.
Word Forms
cancanned past tense, cancans plural, cancans singular
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Etymology
Borrowed directly from French cancan.