clog dancer
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- noun
- /klɔg ˈdænsər/
- UK
:
bailarín de zuecos
Examples
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Miss Cooke, you're supposed to be a clog dancer, not a clog hopper.
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She performed beautifully as a clog dancer during the festival, captivating everyone with her rhythm.
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The crowd cheered as the clog dancers showcased their skills on stage, their wooden shoes creating a lively sound.
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After years of practice, he became a renowned clog dancer, known for his energetic performances at local events.
Synonyms
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A person who moves their body to music
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A person who dances in wooden shoes with fast heavy steps
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'clog dancer' is simply a dancer who performs clog dancing, derived from 'clog' (a wooden-soled shoe) + 'dancer' (someone who dances). This noun‑noun compound follows normal English word-formation patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who already knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Clog dancer comes from old village and workplace dances where people wore heavy wooden shoes called clogs and stamped their feet to make a loud beat. So a clog dancer is literally someone who dances in clogs, and the strong foot sounds are why the term means 'a person who performs clog dancing'.