zouk

English

Etymology

From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zuk/, /zuːk/

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
    • 2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in New York Times‎:
      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.

Derived terms

Verb

zouk (third-person singular simple present zouks, present participle zouking, simple past and past participle zouked)

  1. To dance to zouk music.

French

Noun

zouk m (plural zouks)

  1. zouk

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

zouk m (uncountable)

  1. zouk
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