Meaning of cancan | Babel Free
/ˈkænˌkæn/Definitions
- A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
- A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
Equivalents
Examples
“They formed up, in perfect silence, in two lines, facing each other between us and the fire, and then the dance - a sort of infernal and fiendish cancan - began.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.