cha-cha-cha

British  

/ ˌtʃɑːtʃɑːˈtʃɑː /

noun

1. a Latin-American ballroom dance with small steps and swaying hip movements

2. a piece of music composed for this dance

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verb

1. to perform this dance

Etymology

Origin of cha-cha-cha

C20: from American (Cuban) Spanish

Example Sentences

“And she does a little shoulder, a little hip, a cha-cha-cha. And that’s it. And you were satisfied! You didn’t want to see her killing herself. I learned how to do that from watching her.”

From Washington Post

A new version is mixing opera and the Broadway adaptation with some Latin American cha-cha-cha thrown in for good measure.

From The Guardian

"Daniel and I were at the back looking at each other. The cha-cha-cha was like a what-what-what? It was a nightmare," she says.

From BBC

Was it "Girlfriend in a Coma," the wickedly morbid Smiths single from 1987, delivered as a cha-cha-cha with cowbell?

From Los Angeles Times

Then he dances the cha-cha-cha, and I think there was something in that cha-cha-cha which was one step beyond what I had filmed with 40 other perpetrators.

From New York Times