Watusi

 
Pronunciation: /wəˈtuːsi/
(also Watutsi /wəˈtʊtsi/)

noun

  • 1 [treated as plural] the Tutsi people collectively (now dated in English use).
  • 2an energetic dance popular in the 1960s.

verb (Watusies, Watusiing, Watusied)

[no object]
  • dance the Watusi.

Origin:

a local name, from the plural prefix wa- + Tutsi