zouk

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuk/, /zuːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːk

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^[1]:

     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

• zoukify
• zouk-like
• zouk love

Verb

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

1. To dance to zouk music.

Dutch

Etymology

From French zouk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uk

Noun

zouk m (uncountable)

1. zouk
   • 2021 July 4, “Gezellige sfeer bij vaccinatie in PL-centrum [Congenial atmosphere at vaccination drive at PL party centre]”, in StarNieuws‎^[2], retrieved 7 December 2022:

     Uit enkele speakers dendert soca en zouk muziek^[sic]. In de lucht hangt de geur van versgebakken bara's en kip.

     Soca and zouk music thumps from a couple of loudspeakers. The smell of freshly fried baras and chicken wafts through the air.

French

Noun

zouk m (plural zouks)

1. zouk

Derived terms

• zoukeur / zoukeuse

Spanish

Noun

zouk m (uncountable)

1. zouk