footwork
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- noun
- /ˈfutˌwɜrk/
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juego de pies
- She had everything: the delicate footwork of a ballet dancer, the high-kicks of a Rockette.
- fancy footwork
- sloppy footwork
- good footwork
But when you watch that fight, you see his footwork.
- But when you watch that fight, you see his footwork.
- I work with athletes that were jumped higher than MJ, who ran faster, who had better footwork than Kobe.
- Whether it's power, defense, footwork, what's the one skill you give up and still be a fighter?
- And like defensively, his mindset and his quickness and his speed, like his reaction time, like his footwork's insane.
- But if they're not doing their footwork right on a headlock takeover, I'm going to get hot.
- See, I'm not flashing the sense that I don't have anything really that stands out as far as like you mentioned footwork or the speed.
Examples
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Her fast footwork was accentuated by her bent knees, which kept her body close to the ground.
Academic text (2003) -
A low-ranking Swiss pixie impresses the judges with solid jumps and crisp footwork, and she unexpectedly moves into first place.
Fiction book (2002) -
Better, but your footwork is off.
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Noticed your footwork was a little slow today.
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I need to practice my footwork.
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But you have good hands, and you have good footwork.
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It's about rhythm and footwork and grace.
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Dance around him with fancy footwork?
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His speed, footwork, and sense of timing made him one of the soccer team's leading scorers.
Fiction book (2002) -
The dancer's graceful movement and precise footwork captivated the audience during the performance.
How Agile
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Morphology
Etymology
Footwork is made from foot and work and originally meant the 'work of the feet', the way you move your feet. So footwork today describes how a person moves or places their feet in sports, dance, or martial arts.