charleston

charleston (third-person singular simple present charlestons, present participle charlestoning, simple past and past participle charlestoned)

1. (intransitive) To dance the Charleston.
   • 1950, Anthony West, The Vintage:

     The Cambridge professor was charlestoning madly with a well-built woman in a backless evening dress; there were dark patches under his arms where the sweat had soaked through his suit.

   • 1973, Ian Whitcomb, After the Ball: Pop music from rag to rock:

     […] in the Jazz Age she shook, shimmied and charlestoned whilst men just ogled.

• Horncastle

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃarles̺ton/ [t͡ʃar.les̺.t̪õn]
• Rhymes: -es̺ton
• Hyphenation: char‧les‧ton

charleston inan

1. Charleston (dance)

• “charleston”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

Borrowed from English Charleston.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaːrl̩ston]

charleston m inan

1. Charleston (dance)

• “charleston”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “charleston”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From English charleston.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɑːrlston/, [ˈt̪ʃɑ̝ːrls̠to̞n]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑːrlston/, [ˈʃɑ̝ːrls̠to̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑːrlston

charleston

1. (dance) Charleston

• “charleston”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

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charleston m (plural charlestons)

1. Charleston (dance)

• “charleston”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from English charleston.

charleston n (plural charlestonuri)

1. Charleston

• charleston in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

charleston m (plural charlestons)

1. Charleston (dance)