kazachok

American  

[kuh-zah-chawk] / kə zɑˈtʃɔk /

noun

PLURAL

kazachki

1. a lively, Slavic folk dance for a solo male dancer, marked especially by the prisiadka.

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kazachok British  

/ ˌkɑːzəˈtʃɒk /

noun

1. a Russian folk dance in which the performer executes high kicks from a squatting position

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Etymology

Origin of kazachok

1925–30; < Russian kazachók or Ukrainian kozachók, equivalent to kazák, kozák Cossack + -ok diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

Then in March, with Kazachok and Rosalind Franklin ready to go, war intervened.

From Science Magazine

Most components on Schiaparelli worked faultlessly, and ESA provided—and can reuse—some systems on Kazachok, including its parachutes, radar, radio communications, and the onboard computer.

From Science Magazine

Problems mating the rover with the Russian-made lander, called Kazachok, delayed the launch by 2 years.

From Science Magazine

The real losers of the new arrangement are scientists—both Russian and European—who designed instruments to be mounted on the Kazachok lander.

From Science Magazine

If all had gone to plan earlier this year, the Franklin rover would have launched on a Russian Proton rocket in September before it was lowered to the surface by a Russian powered landing platform called Kazachok in June 2023.

From Scientific American