ha-cha-cha

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English

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Adjective

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ha-cha-cha (comparative more ha-cha-cha, superlative most ha-cha-cha)

  1. Characteristic of sexy jazzy dancing.

Noun

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ha-cha-cha (countable and uncountable, plural ha-cha-chas)

  1. A ha-cha-cha feeling or activity.
    • 1930, “Ankle up the Altar With Me”, Edward Eliscu (lyrics); quoted in Edward Eliscu, edited by David Eliscu, With or Without a Song: A Memoir, Lanham, M.D., London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2001, →ISBN, page 103:
      When we middle-aisle it / That means / I'd be through with terpsichoreans / Ha-cha-chas as well as burlesque queens / Ankle up the altar with me
    • 1994 June 21, Richard Sandomir, “TV SPORTS; A Dash of High Drama Needed in Soccer Booth”, in The New York Times[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-17:
      But what I really want is a rush of excitement, a little ha-cha-cha. I'm not getting it in English
    • 2003, Sebastià Roig, Dali: The Empordà Triangle, Sant Lluís, Menorca: Triangle Postals, →ISBN, page 39:
      The classes obviously had their moments of ha-cha-cha.