dictionary definitions for "glissade"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  glissade
      n : (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet
      v : perform a glissade, in ballet

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glissade \Glis`sade"\, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.]
     1. A sliding, as down a snow slope. --Tyndall.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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