Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ha-cha-cha

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: ha-cha-cha
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of sexy jazzy dancing.

noun

A ha-cha-cha feeling or activity.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"With sudden flaring into moonstruck ballads, "ha-cha-cha" dance numbers and all manner of contrivances short of a balloon ascension, the story is unfolded of a college hero who has flunked in astronomy."
"Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy," which debuted in 1999, depicts dad Peter as an [sic] multichinned chucklehead while sketching mom Lois with the ha-cha-cha figure of a catalog model."
"When we middle-aisle it / That means / I'd be through with terpsichoreans / Ha-cha-chas as well as burlesque queens / Ankle up the altar with me"
"But what I really want is a rush of excitement, a little ha-cha-cha. I'm not getting it in English"
"The classes obviously had their moments of ha-cha-cha."

Usage

Inflected Forms

more ha-cha-cha (comparative) most ha-cha-cha (superlative) ha-cha-chas (plural)

Questions

What does ha-cha-cha mean?: Characteristic of sexy jazzy dancing.

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