cancan
IPA: kˈænkæn
noun
- A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
- (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
verb
- To dance the cancan.
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Examples of "cancan" in Sentences
- Many composers have written music for the cancan.
- The wicked Parisian cancan dates from this steamy epoch.
- Prokofiev described this cancan like material as thievish.
- It is a myth that the cancan was ever frequently danced without drawers.
- Then Dix stumbles on the radio and it starts playing the cancan very loudly.
- After completing his series on the cancan Legrand turned to the world of ballet.
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