zouk


zouk

Z0027450 (zo͞ok)n. A popular dance music of the French West Indies, combining African drumming styles with influences from American and Caribbean popular music.
[Antillean French Creole, party; probably akin to juke.]

zouk

(zuːk) n (Music, other) a style of dance music that combines African and Latin American rhythms and uses electronic instruments and modern studio technology[C20: from West Indian Creole zouk to have a good time]

zouk

(zuk)
n. a style of dance music that originated in Guadeloupe and Martinique, featuring Caribbean rhythms over a disco beat and played with electric guitars and synthesizers. [1985–90; appar. < Lesser Antillean Creole French; literally “place to dance, party”]

zouk

A modern Caribbean style of dance music that utilizes both traditional musical styles and contemporary electronic music as inspiration.
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