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Definition of nautch in English: nautchnoun nɔːtʃnôCH (in South Asia) a traditional dance performed by professional dancing girls. as modifier a nautch girl Example sentencesExamples - She writes of being a spectator in an exotic world of jugglers, tumblers, snake charmers, fire-eaters, and nautch girls.
- They would send me portraits of fabulous guys with beards, smoking hookahs and watching nautch girls.
- Weddings and other festive occasions are observed with much enthusiasm and are often celebrated with feasting, and sometimes with nautch girls.
- There were performances by the ubiquitous nautch girls.
- It has the taint of the louche, as did its forebear, the nautch show.
- They had ceased to patronise the nautch, and in its stead preferred English music or military bands.
- Nobody would stand around long enough to view a nautch in its entirety.
Origin From Hindi nāc, from Prakrit nachcha, from Sanskrit nṛtya 'dancing'. Rhymes debauch, porch, scorch, torch Definition of nautch in US English: nautchnounnôCH (in South Asia) a traditional dance performed by professional dancing girls. as modifier a nautch girl Example sentencesExamples - Weddings and other festive occasions are observed with much enthusiasm and are often celebrated with feasting, and sometimes with nautch girls.
- They would send me portraits of fabulous guys with beards, smoking hookahs and watching nautch girls.
- She writes of being a spectator in an exotic world of jugglers, tumblers, snake charmers, fire-eaters, and nautch girls.
- It has the taint of the louche, as did its forebear, the nautch show.
- Nobody would stand around long enough to view a nautch in its entirety.
- They had ceased to patronise the nautch, and in its stead preferred English music or military bands.
- There were performances by the ubiquitous nautch girls.
Origin From Hindi nāc, from Prakrit nachcha, from Sanskrit nṛtya ‘dancing’. |