zouk
verbEtymology From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.
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To dance to zouk music.
zouk
noun/zuk/ · /zuːk/
Etymology From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music
- From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again.2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022: