zouk

[ zook ]

noun
  1. a style of dance music that originated in Guadeloupe and Martinique, featuring Caribbean rhythms over a disco beat and played with electric guitars and synthesizers.

Origin of zouk

1
1985–90; apparently <Lesser Antillean Creole French; said to mean literally “place to dance, party”

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British Dictionary definitions for zouk

zouk

/ (zuːk) /


noun
  1. a style of dance music that combines African and Latin American rhythms and uses electronic instruments and modern studio technology

Origin of zouk

1
C20: from West Indian Creole zouk to have a good time

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