zouk
/zuk/
zouk noun: a style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music.
Noun
zouk (plural zouks)
- A 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
Verb
zouk (third-person singular simple present zouks, present participle zouking, simple past and past participle zouked)
- To dance to zouk music.
Forms of zouk
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | zouks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | zouks |
| present participle | zouking |
| past participle | zouked |
| past | zouked |
Origin of zouk
From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.
Words formed from zouk
Words that rhyme with zouk
Questions about zouk
- What does zouk mean?
- Zouk means a style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music.
- What part of speech is zouk?
- Zouk can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce zouk?
- Zouk is pronounced /zuk/.
- What is the plural of zouk?
- The plural of zouk is zouks.
Words near zouk in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zouk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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