zouk

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/zuk//zuːk/

noun

A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music

OriginFrench secouer →
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Meanings

nounzouk (plural zouks)

plural zouks

  1. entertainmentA style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music

    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.

    2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
verbzouk (third-person singular simple present zouks, present participle zouking, simple past and past participle zouked)

present singular third person zouks · participle present zouking · participle past zouked · past zouked

  1. To dance to zouk music.

Origin

  1. Frenchsecouer“to shake up”
  2. Englishzouk

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with zouk

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Cite this entry
APA

zouk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zouk

MLA

“zouk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zouk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zouk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zouk.

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