chasse > define

noun

• Ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.
  • synonyms: sashay

verb

• Perform a chasse step, in ballet.
  • synonyms: sashay

• (v.i.) To make the movement called chasse; as, all chasse; chasse to the right or left.
• (n.) A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
• (n.) A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco or the like; -- originally chasse-cafe, lit., "coffee chaser.".