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chassé

  • /ˈʃæseɪ/ UK
  • /ʃæˈseɪ/ US

Rhymes with -æseɪ, -eɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French chassé.

noun chassés · chasse

  1. A gliding movement in dance (especially ballet) with the same foot always leading.

verb chassés · chasséing · chasséed · chasséd

  1. intransitive To perform this step.
  2. slang, transitive To dismiss. We believe that this sans-culotte Pillet or Pillard, Pendard or Fuyard, was so put to his shifts that the want of both might have chasséd him from decent society.

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noun gliding movement in dance

Françaispas chassé

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"chassé." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chass%C3%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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chassé. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chass%C3%A9

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"chassé." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chass%C3%A9.

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@misc{chasse_2026,
  title = {chassé},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chass%C3%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}