chassén.³

/ʃasɛ/

Etymology: French; lit. ‘chasing, chase’.

Dance.

A gliding step, in a quadrille and other dances, executed by bringing one foot behind the other while this is at the same time advanced, much as in bringing oneself into step in walking; also, the name of a figured step, containing two of these, the direction for which is chassez croisez.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > gliding step

slur1598

chasing1775

glissade1843

chassé1867

glide1889

sashayc1940

1867 R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower II. iii. 43 Who makes her steps and chassés, as the world chasséd in the days when she was Miss Martha Harris.

1880 Ball-room Compan. (Routledge) 22 Quadrille. Steps are gone quite out of fashion: even the chassé has been given up for some time past.

1880 Ball-room Compan. (Routledge) 74 Valse à deux temps. The step contains two movements, a glissade and a chassez.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

chassév.

Forms: Also chassez, chassey.

Etymology: parts of the French verb chasser (in same sense), especially the imperative chassez as a direction.

1. Dance. To execute the step or movement called a chassé.

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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [verb (intransitive)] > steps

cut1603

heel1609

coupee1690

chassé1803

pigeon-wing1823

glissade1837

high-kicka1850

to cover the buckle1852

reverse1859

sashay1905

1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition 14 And made them rigadoon and chassée.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey V. vii. x. 143 A husband chassezing forward to murder his wife.

1865 Sat. Rev. 11 Nov. 614 Lighting upon one toe at the Twickenham letter-office, turning on it while exchanging bags, and chasséing back to town.

1880 Ball-room Compan. (Routledge) 74 Pass left foot behind right, and chassez forward with it.

1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 406/1 She pirouetted and chasseyed at the changes of the tune.

2. transitive. To dismiss. (Society slang.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss

congeec1330

turnc1330

putc1350

dismitc1384

refusea1387

repel?a1439

avyec1440

avoida1464

depart1484

license1484

to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513

demit1529

dispatcha1533

senda1533

to send a grazing1533

demise1541

dimiss1543

abandon1548

dimit1548

discharge1548

dismiss1548

to turn off1564

aband1574

quit1575

hencea1586

cashier1592

to turn away1602

disband1604

amand1611

absquatulize1829

chassé1847

to send to the pack1912

1847 W. M. Thackeray Lords & Liv. iii He was chasséd on the spot.

1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead I. i. vi. 257 If indeed the turf were not abandoned, and the ‘confederate’ chasséd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	chassé
释义	chassén.³ /ʃasɛ/ Etymology: French; lit. ‘chasing, chase’. Dance. A gliding step, in a quadrille and other dances, executed by bringing one foot behind the other while this is at the same time advanced, much as in bringing oneself into step in walking; also, the name of a figured step, containing two of these, the direction for which is chassez croisez. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > gliding step slur1598 chasing1775 glissade1843 chassé1867 glide1889 sashayc1940 1867 R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower II. iii. 43 Who makes her steps and chassés, as the world chasséd in the days when she was Miss Martha Harris. 1880 Ball-room Compan. (Routledge) 22 Quadrille. Steps are gone quite out of fashion: even the chassé has been given up for some time past. 1880 Ball-room Compan. (Routledge) 74 Valse à deux temps. The step contains two movements, a glissade and a chassez. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). chassév. Forms: Also chassez, chassey. Etymology: parts of the French verb chasser (in same sense), especially the imperative chassez as a direction. 1. Dance. To execute the step or movement called a chassé. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [verb (intransitive)] > steps cut1603 heel1609 coupee1690 chassé1803 pigeon-wing1823 glissade1837 high-kicka1850 to cover the buckle1852 reverse1859 sashay1905 1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition 14 And made them rigadoon and chassée. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey V. vii. x. 143 A husband chassezing forward to murder his wife. 1865 Sat. Rev. 11 Nov. 614 Lighting upon one toe at the Twickenham letter-office, turning on it while exchanging bags, and chasséing back to town. 1880 Ball-room Compan. (Routledge) 74 Pass left foot behind right, and chassez forward with it. 1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 406/1 She pirouetted and chasseyed at the changes of the tune. 2. transitive. To dismiss. (Society slang.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss congeec1330 turnc1330 putc1350 dismitc1384 refusea1387 repel?a1439 avyec1440 avoida1464 depart1484 license1484 to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513 demit1529 dispatcha1533 senda1533 to send a grazing1533 demise1541 dimiss1543 abandon1548 dimit1548 discharge1548 dismiss1548 to turn off1564 aband1574 quit1575 hencea1586 cashier1592 to turn away1602 disband1604 amand1611 absquatulize1829 chassé1847 to send to the pack1912 1847 W. M. Thackeray Lords & Liv. iii He was chasséd on the spot. 1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead I. i. vi. 257 If indeed the turf were not abandoned, and the ‘confederate’ chasséd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas chassé chassé adj. [French] Treated, or having the taste disguised, with a chasse. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > washed down with drink chassé1840 1840 C. J. Lever Harry Lorrequer Tea or coffee? there's the rum if you like it ‘chassé’. extracted from chassen.² < n.³1867v.1803 as lemmas
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