"zouk" meaning in English

See zouk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zuk/, /zuːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zouk.wav [Southern-England] Forms: zouks [plural]
Rhymes: -uːk Etymology: From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|secouer||to shake up}} French secouer (“to shake up”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} zouk (plural zouks)
  1. (music) A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music Categories (topical): Music, Dances, Musical genres Derived forms: zoukify, zouk-like, zouk love
    Sense id: en-zouk-en-noun-DFHtBPua Disambiguation of Dances: 76 24 Disambiguation of Musical genres: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb

IPA: /zuk/, /zuːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zouk.wav [Southern-England] Forms: zouks [present, singular, third-person], zouking [participle, present], zouked [participle, past], zouked [past]
Rhymes: -uːk Etymology: From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|secouer||to shake up}} French secouer (“to shake up”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} zouk (third-person singular simple present zouks, present participle zouking, simple past and past participle zouked)
  1. To dance to zouk music.
    Sense id: en-zouk-en-verb-lsemFebB

Inflected forms

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