Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A ballet movement consisting of one or more quick gliding steps with the same foot always leading.
  • intransitive verb To perform this movement.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In dancing, a step or gliding motion in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
  • In dancing, to execute a step or gliding motion (known as the chassé) in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
  • To move or make one's way with gliding steps, as across a crowded room: as, before long he chasséd up to me.
  • To cause to chassé toward the door; dismiss.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
  • intransitive verb (Dancing) To make the movement called chassé.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dance A gliding movement in dance (especially ballet) with the same foot always leading.
  • verb intransitive To perform this step.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from past participle of chasser, to chase, from Old French chacier; see chase.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

French chasser, to chase

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