coulé

noun

cou·​lé

küˈlā

plural -s

1

a

: a slur in music

b

: one of several graces usually of two or three sliding notes indicated by a dash

c

: a sliding from one note or one string to another (as on a banjo)

2

: a gliding dance step

Word History

Etymology

French, from coulé, past participle of couler

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