glissade

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
glissade
    n 1: (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet
    v 1: perform a glissade, in ballet
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glissade \Glis`sade"\, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.]
   1. A sliding, as down a snow slope. --Tyndall.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "glissade":
      avalanche, coast, flit, float, flow, fly, glide, glissando,
      ice-skate, landslide, landslip, roller-skate, sail, scud, shoot,
      sideslip, skate, skateboard, ski, skid, skim, sled, sleigh, slick,
      slidder, slide, slide down, slip, slippage, slither, snowslide,
      snowslip, subsidence, sweep, toboggan
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