zouk
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 4
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/zuk/ · /zuːk/
Definition of zouk
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music
“From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again.”
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noun
-
A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music
“From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again.”
verb
- To dance to zouk music.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.
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