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Watusi

Pronunciation: /wəˈtuːsi/

(also Watutsi /wəˈtʊtsi/)
Definition of Watusi

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

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Definition of Watusi in the US English dictionary

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