Glissade

3 definitions found

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

  Glissade \Glis`sade"\, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.]
     1. A sliding, as down a snow slope. --Tyndall.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glissade
       n : (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet
       v : perform a glissade, in ballet

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "glissade":
     avalanche, coast, flit, float, flow, fly, glide, glissando,
     ice-skate, landslide, landslip, roller-skate, sail, scud, shoot,
     sideslip, skate, skateboard, ski, skid, skim, sled, sleigh, slick,
     slidder, slide, slide down, slip, slippage, slither, snowslide,
     snowslip, subsidence, sweep, toboggan