Chasse

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chass'e \Chas`s['e]"\, v. i. (Dancing)
     To make the movement called chass['e]; as, all chass['e];
     chass['e] to the right or left.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Chasse \Chasse\ (sh[.a]s), n. [See {Chasse-caf['e]}]
     A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste
     of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally
     {chasse-caf['e]}, lit., "coffee chaser."
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chass'e \Chas`s['e]"\ (sh[.a]s`s[asl]"), n. [F., fr. chass['e],
     p. p. of chasser to chase.]
     1. A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A gliding step in dancing in which one foot is kept in
        front of the other while moving.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chasse
       n : (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
           [syn: {sashay}]
       v : perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: {sashay}]