cancan

Plural: cancans

Noun

• A high-kicking, energetic dance popular in 19th-century French music halls.
• a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
• 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.

Verb

• To dance the cancan.

Examples

• He tried to fit CANCAN onto the board, but his letters just didn’t align for the high-kicking play.