Watusi
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A popular African-inspired dance of the 1960s, fueled by the success of the song The Wah-Watusi by The Orlons in 1962.
"Baby, baby, that's the way it goes Nothing happens when you Mash Potatoes I just gotta fall in love with you Watusi is the dance to do Wah-a, wah, wah-a Watusi C'mon and take a chance and get-a with this dance."
- 2 A member of a Bantu-speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi; the Tutsi.
- 3 a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi wordnet
- 4 A Christmas firework popular in the Philippines, made with yellow phosphorus, potassium chlorate, potassium nitrate, and trinitrotoluene.
- 5 A cow of a modern American breed.
"Watusis are recommended for crossing (with Longhorns) to obtain good roping cattle for the rodeo."
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- 6 Alternative form of watusi (“1960s dance”). alt-of, alternative
- 1 To dance the watusi. intransitive
"[…] but in the middle of it all will be some preposterous, highly charged, not to mention boob-driven image of some chick watusiing away atop an oil rig."
Example
More examples"Baby, baby, that's the way it goes Nothing happens when you Mash Potatoes I just gotta fall in love with you Watusi is the dance to do Wah-a, wah, wah-a Watusi C'mon and take a chance and get-a with this dance."
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