chassé-croisé /ˌʃæseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/ noun4 •A figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left. •(old-fashioned) A situation in which things swap, shuffle, cross over or cross past each other in some way. •(figurative, old-fashioned) A role reversal. •(figurative, old-fashioned) Comings and goings; hustle and bustle. formschassé-croisés · chassés-croisés