coupeen.
/kuːˈpiː//ˈkuːpiː/ A dance step formerly much used; the dancer rests on one foot and passes the other forward or backward, making a sort of salutation; hence, sometimes used for a bow made while advancing.
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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps
reprise1521
double1531
reprinse1531
single1531
hop1579
cross-pointa1592
trip1601
back-tricka1616
inturna1627
shorta1652
coupee1673
cut1676
fleuret1677
bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706
contretemps1706
cross-step1728
boring1775
pigeon wing1807
pas de basque1818
cross-cut1842
flicflac1852
buckle-covering1859
reverse1888
reversing1892
cross-stepping1893
box step1914
jump turn1924
moonwalk1969
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1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master iii. i One, two, and a coupee.
1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk iii. 90 Coupees low from Pauper drudges.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xxiv. 105 Jerts..Coupés, Hops, Leadings, Risings.
1760 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (ed. 2) II. ccxxi. 144 Why shall a Man practise Coupees, who only means to walk?
1827 H. Smith Reuben Apsley I. vi. 172 He swam into the apartment with a graceful corant slur and a coupée, diffusing a thousand rich odours around him as he advanced.
Derivatives
coupee v. (intransitive) to make this movement; to make a sort of bow or salutation in dancing.
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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [verb (intransitive)] > steps
cut1603
heel1609
coupee1690
chassé1803
pigeon-wing1823
glissade1837
high-kicka1850
to cover the buckle1852
reverse1859
sashay1905
1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk iii. 103 [He] Would lose his Freedom like a Puppy, Rather than she [his daughter] not learn to Coopee.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 433 It being dubious whether I limp, or coupee.
1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima iii. 255 That it may not hinder them in rising or coupeeing.
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