tap dance

noun

1
: a step dance tapped out audibly by means of shoes with hard soles or soles and heels to which taps have been added
2
: something suggesting a tap dance
especially : an action or discourse intended to rationalize or distract
does a clever tap dance to explain Campbell Geeslin
tap-dance intransitive verb
tap dancer noun
tap dancing noun

Examples of tap dance in a Sentence

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Percussion came to mind with a fiddle blended in a percussive way, a horn section, and a tap dance blended into the score. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024 In fact, the entire thing was staged like a theatre show with red velvet curtains and tap dance breaks from her dancers. Courtesy Of Esther Newman., refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2024 His tap dance feature Buffalo Flats is set up at MGM Films with Emma Westenberg attached to direct, and he’s partnered with Geoff Johns and others on the new comic book imprint Ghost Machine. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024 Synergy Space is home to Ballet Embody, a dance company also co-founded by Runkle, and hosts jazz, modern and tap dance classes. Lizzy Alspach, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tap dance 

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tap dance was in 1928

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“Tap dance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap%20dance. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

tap dance

noun
: a dance tapped out loudly by means of shoes to which taps have been added
tap-dance verb
tap dancer noun
tap dancing noun

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