to break dance
- phrasal verb
- /ˈbreɪk dæns/
:
hacer break dance
- During the competition, he plans to break dance for the judges and showcase his unique style.
And after I'm done, I like to break dance, do the broken robot, you know, just the usual working.
- And after I'm done, I like to break dance, do the broken robot, you know, just the usual working.
- I will say when white people break dance drives me nuts.
Examples
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She loves to break dance in the park, showing off her skills to the beat of the latest hip-hop tracks.
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Blitz will literally break dance battle someone to death.
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And after I'm done, I like to break dance, do the broken robot, you know, just the usual working.
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At the party, everyone gathered around to watch him break dance with impressive spins and flips.
Synonyms
39
8.2
To perform energetic street dance with acrobatic moves
1
4.2
To do energetic acrobatic street dance moves to hip-hop music
How Acrobatic
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The component 'dance' is transparent, but 'break' in this MWE names a specific dance tradition (from musical "breaks") rather than the common sense 'to separate' or 'to damage'. A B1 learner who knows the basic meanings may guess it refers to an energetic or unusual kind of dancing but would not reliably infer the culturally specific, acrobatic breakdancing sense without prior exposure, so the expression is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Break dance as a verb comes from the same idea: people danced during the short break in the music when the drums played alone. So, to break dance means 'to perform this energetic street dance'.