kazachok

[ kuh-zah-chawk ]

noun,plural ka·zach·ki [kuh-zahch-kee]. /kə zɑtʃˈki/.
  1. a lively, Slavic folk dance for a solo male dancer, marked especially by the prisiadka.

Origin of kazachok

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1925–30; <Russian kazachók or Ukrainian kozachók, equivalent to kazák, kozákCossack + -ok diminutive suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for kazachok

kazachok

/ (ˌkɑːzəˈtʃɒk) /


noun
  1. a Russian folk dance in which the performer executes high kicks from a squatting position

Origin of kazachok

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Russian

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