a modern ballroom dance of Latin American origin, with a basic, repeating pattern of two slow steps and three quick steps
Origin of cha-cha
AmSp, of echoic origin, originally to dance the cha-cha
Also cha·-cha·-cha′
cha-cha
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cha-cha
noun
A rhythmic ballroom dance that originated in Latin America.
intransitive verb
cha-chaed, cha-cha·ing, cha-chasTo perform this dance.
Origin of cha-cha
American Spanish chachachá of imitative originTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural chachas)
- traditionally a clear strong liquor, which is sometimes called "vine vodka," "grape vodka," or "Georgian vodka."
Verb
(third-person singular simple present cha-chas, present participle cha-chaing, simple past and past participle cha-chaed)
- (intransitive) To dance the cha-cha.
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