shey-sheyn.

Brit.

/ˈʃeɪʃeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈʃeɪˌʃeɪ/, Caribbean English

/ˈʃeːˌʃeː/

Forms: Also shay-shay.

Etymology: Probably < French chassé: compare sashay n., sashay v.

Jamaica.

A rhythmical, shuffling dance usually danced by women to jazz music and song.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances to specific popular music > [noun]

rag dance1892

rag1899

jazzing1917

shey-sheyc1920

juking1937

boogie1940

rocking1948

rock 'n' rolling1956

rock 'n' roll1958

monkey1963

ska1964

boogaloo1965

rocksteady1967

reggae1968

skank1974

salsa1975

skanking1976

Macarena1995

c1920 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 404/2 (song) Me wi' dance de shay-shay.

1929 M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways 214 The shay-shay, that erotic dance to jazz music... The shay-shay is danced with a single partner and always to song.

1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom vi. 71 He was engaged in writing down their songs, jammas, shey-sheys and breakdowns.

1959 A. Salkey Quality of Violence iv. 62 The three women were spinning and screaming... They untied their turbans and improvized a ‘shey-shey’ reel.

1971 A. Salkey in One Love 7 We have been quick to recognise the excellence and the appeal in the musical alternative of the Shey-Shey.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shey-shey
释义	shey-sheyn. Brit. /ˈʃeɪʃeɪ/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪˌʃeɪ/, Caribbean English /ˈʃeːˌʃeː/ Forms: Also shay-shay. Etymology: Probably < French chassé: compare sashay n., sashay v. Jamaica. A rhythmical, shuffling dance usually danced by women to jazz music and song. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances to specific popular music > [noun] rag dance1892 rag1899 jazzing1917 shey-sheyc1920 juking1937 boogie1940 rocking1948 rock 'n' rolling1956 rock 'n' roll1958 monkey1963 ska1964 boogaloo1965 rocksteady1967 reggae1968 skank1974 salsa1975 skanking1976 Macarena1995 c1920 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 404/2 (song) Me wi' dance de shay-shay. 1929 M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways 214 The shay-shay, that erotic dance to jazz music... The shay-shay is danced with a single partner and always to song. 1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom vi. 71 He was engaged in writing down their songs, jammas, shey-sheys and breakdowns. 1959 A. Salkey Quality of Violence iv. 62 The three women were spinning and screaming... They untied their turbans and improvized a ‘shey-shey’ reel. 1971 A. Salkey in One Love 7 We have been quick to recognise the excellence and the appeal in the musical alternative of the Shey-Shey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1920
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