tap dance

tap dance
noun
a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet
• Syn: ↑tap dancing
• Hypernyms: ↑step dancing, ↑hoofing
• Hyponyms:
verb
perform a tap dance
• Topics: ↑dancing, ↑dance, ↑terpsichore, ↑saltation
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Sam and Sue tap dance

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noun
: a step dance especially in a difficult syncopated rhythm that is tapped out audibly with the feet or parts of the feet (as the toes or heels) often by means of clogs or of specially made hard-soled shoes

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a dance in which the rhythm or rhythmical variation is audibly tapped out with the toe or heel by a dancer wearing shoes with special hard soles or with taps.
[‡1925-30]

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tap dance,
a dance in which the steps are accented by sharp taps of the foot, toe, or heel.
tap-dance «TAP DANS, -DAHNS», intransitive verb, -danced, -danc|ing.
to do a tap dance.

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1.
n. a dance performed wearing shoes fitted with metal taps, characterized by rhythmical tapping of the toes and heels
2.
v. [intrans.] tap-dance perform such a dance
Derivatives:
tap dancer n. tap dancing n.

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noun, pl ⋯ dances [count]
: a kind of dance in which you wear special shoes with metal plates on the heels and toes and make tapping sounds with your feet
tap-dance verb, -dances, -danced, -dancing [no obj]
tap dancer noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]
tap dancing noun [noncount]

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a style of dancing in which you tap the rhythm of the music with your feet, wearing special shoes with pieces of metal on the heels and toes
Derived Words: ↑tap dancer ▪ ↑tap-dancing
See also: ↑tap

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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