clog dance

noun

a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps

• Syn: ↑clog dancing, ↑clog

• Derivationally related forms: ↑clog (for: ↑clog)

• Hypernyms: ↑tap dancing, ↑tap dance

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noun

: a dance in which the performer wears clogs and beats out a clattering rhythm upon the floor

• clog dancer noun

• clog dancing noun

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—clog dancer. —clog dancing.

a dance in which clogs, or heavy shoes, are worn for hammering out the lively rhythm.

[1880-85]

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clog dance,

a dance in which the dancer wears clogs to beat time.

–clog dancer.

–clog dancing.

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n. a dance performed in clogs with rhythmic beating of the feet, esp. as a traditional dance in Ireland, Scotland, and the north of England

■ a North American country tap dance of similar style

Derivatives:

clog dancer n. clog dancing n.

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ˈclog dance f11 [clog dance clog dances] noun

a dance that is performed by people wearing ↑clogs

 

Culture:

In traditional clog dancing the dancers’ clogs were used to beat a rhythm on the floor. This type of dancing was popular in Ireland and northern England and later influenced tap-dancing in the US. Charlie Chaplin's first performance as a child in England was a clog dance.