chassé


chas·sé

C0257800 (shă-sā′)n. A ballet movement consisting of one or more quick gliding steps with the same foot always leading.intr.v. chas·séd, chas·sé·ing, chas·sés To perform this movement.
[French, from past participle of chasser, to chase, from Old French chacier; see chase1.]

chassé

(ˈʃæseɪ) n1. (Dancing) one of a series of gliding steps in ballet in which the same foot always leads2. (Dancing) three consecutive dance steps, two fast and one slow, to four beats of musicvb, -sés, -séing or -séd (Dancing) (intr) to perform either of these steps[C19: from French: a chasing]

chas•sé

(ʃæˈseɪ or, esp. in square dancing, sæˈʃeɪ)

n., v. chas•séd, chas•sé•ing. n. 1. a gliding dance step with one foot kept in advance of the other. v.i. 2. to execute a chassé. 3. sashay. [1795–1805; < French: literally, chased, followed, past participle of chasser to chase1]

chasse


Past participle: chasséd
Gerund: chasséing
Imperativechassechasse
PresentI chasseyou chassehe/she/it chasséswe chasseyou chassethey chasse
PreteriteI chassédyou chassédhe/she/it chassédwe chassédyou chassédthey chasséd
Present ContinuousI am chasséingyou are chasséinghe/she/it is chasséingwe are chasséingyou are chasséingthey are chasséing
Present PerfectI have chassédyou have chassédhe/she/it has chassédwe have chassédyou have chassédthey have chasséd
Past ContinuousI was chasséingyou were chasséinghe/she/it was chasséingwe were chasséingyou were chasséingthey were chasséing
Past PerfectI had chassédyou had chassédhe/she/it had chassédwe had chassédyou had chassédthey had chasséd
FutureI will chasseyou will chassehe/she/it will chassewe will chasseyou will chassethey will chasse
Future PerfectI will have chassédyou will have chassédhe/she/it will have chassédwe will have chassédyou will have chassédthey will have chasséd
Future ContinuousI will be chasséingyou will be chasséinghe/she/it will be chasséingwe will be chasséingyou will be chasséingthey will be chasséing
Present Perfect ContinuousI have been chasséingyou have been chasséinghe/she/it has been chasséingwe have been chasséingyou have been chasséingthey have been chasséing
Future Perfect ContinuousI will have been chasséingyou will have been chasséinghe/she/it will have been chasséingwe will have been chasséingyou will have been chasséingthey will have been chasséing
Past Perfect ContinuousI had been chasséingyou had been chasséinghe/she/it had been chasséingwe had been chasséingyou had been chasséingthey had been chasséing
ConditionalI would chasseyou would chassehe/she/it would chassewe would chasseyou would chassethey would chasse
Past ConditionalI would have chassédyou would have chassédhe/she/it would have chassédwe would have chassédyou would have chassédthey would have chasséd

chassé

A step from a plié in fifth, sliding one foot out, heel down, before transferring weight to it; also done as a jumping step.
Thesaurus
Noun1.chasse - (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leadingsashayballet, concert dance - a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancersdance step, step - a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step"Verb1.chasse - perform a chasse step, in balletsashaydance - move in a graceful and rhythmical way; "The young girl danced into the room"
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