Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chantoosie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chan-toosie
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman employed to sing in a nightclub.

Canadian usage

Example Sentences

"The estimable drag queen Varla Jean Merman, meanwhile, treads more familiar but no less fruitful ground as the conniving chantoozie Miss Jeannie Jeannine."
"Net confirmed today that Lovato will return to judge season three of the singing competish, which launches this fall. The pop chantoosie joined the show during its second season, helping to draw younger auds to the program."
"Academics play pivotal roles in everything from The Blue Angel (schoolteacher destroyed by ambitious, scantily clad chantoozie) to Goodbye, Mr Chips (lovable schoolteacher behaves lovably to lovable public school boys) to A Beautiful Mind (mentally unstable academic wins Nobel prize and the right to date Jennifer Connelly)."

Etymology

From French chanteuse (“female singer”).

Usage

Canadian usage

Inflected Forms

chantoosies (plural) chantoozie (alternative)

Questions

What does chantoosie mean?: A woman employed to sing in a nightclub.
Where does chantoosie come from?: From French chanteuse (“female singer”).

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