trepak

noun

tre·​pak

trəˈpäk,

ˈtrā-ˌ

plural -s

: a fiery Ukrainian folk dance performed by men and featuring the leg-flinging prisiadka

Word History

Etymology

Russian, from trepat' to brake, beat, tap; akin to Lithuanian trepsti to stamp with the feet, trample

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