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glissade

[ gli-sahd, -seyd ]
/ glɪˈsɑd, -ˈseɪd /
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noun
a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
Dance. a sliding or gliding step.
verb (used without object), glis·sad·ed, glis·sad·ing.
to perform a glissade.
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Origin of glissade

1830–40; <French, equivalent to gliss(er) to slip, slide + -ade-ade1

OTHER WORDS FROM glissade

glis·sad·er, noun

Words nearby glissade

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Words related to glissade

coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, lapse, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skim, skip, slide, slink, slip

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British Dictionary definitions for glissade

glissade
/ (ɡlɪˈsɑːd, -ˈseɪd) /
noun
a gliding step in ballet, in which one foot slides forwards, sideways, or backwards
a controlled slide down a snow slope
verb
(intr) to perform a glissade

Derived forms of glissade

glissader, noun

Word Origin for glissade

C19: from French, from glisser to slip, from Old French glicier, of Frankish origin; compare Old High German glītan to glide
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