zouk en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /zuːk/
- /zuk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| zouks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |