Chasse is a feminine noun borrowed from French, most often meaning a pursuit or chase; in sports and dance contexts it can describe a swift, gliding movement or a chase scene. In English usage it appears mainly in French loan phrases or affected stylization, retaining a soft initial fricative and a short, open vowel. The word is pronounced with a crisp final sibilant and a non-stressed or lightly stressed first syllable in many contexts.
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