kazachok

American

[kuh-zah-chawk] / kə zɑˈtʃɔk /

noun

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

kazachok British

/ ˌkɑːzəˈtʃɒk /

noun

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

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Noun Inflected Forms

kazachki

plural

Etymology

Origin of kazachok

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

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