chassé

[sha-sey or, especially in square dancing, sa-shey]

chas·sé

[sha-sey or, especially in square dancing, sa-shey] noun, verb, chas·séd, chas·sé·ing. Dance.
noun
1.
a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
verb (used without object)
2.
to execute a chassé.

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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
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Origin:
1795–1805; < French: literally, chased, followed, past participle of chasser to chase1
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chassé (ˈʃæseɪ)
 
n
1.  one of a series of gliding steps in ballet in which the same foot always leads
2.  three consecutive dance steps, two fast and one slow, to four beats of music
 
vb , -sés, -séing, -séd
3.  (intr) to perform either of these steps
 
[C19: from French: a chasing]

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