CHA-CHA

(also cha-cha-cha) n. & v.

--n.

1. a ballroom dance with a Latin-American rhythm.

2 music for or in the rhythm of a cha-cha.

--v.intr. (cha-chas, cha-chaed or cha-cha'd, cha-chaing) dance the cha-cha.

Etymology: Amer. Sp.