tap dancing
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3.0
- noun
- /tæp ˈdænsɪŋ/
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- She has always enjoyed tap dancing because it allows her to express her creativity through rhythm.
Examples
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It's just... I've always loved tap dancing.
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All of us know that ballet is the dance, an art, unlike the dazzling, double-jointed trickery of tap dancing, or, one more fall below, acrobatic routines and baton lessons.
Fiction book (1990) -
You ready to do some tap dancing?
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There is nothing like a show with great tap dancing!
Blog text (20) -
Yes, tap dancing was my specialty.
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I went to the local school, Mr. DeBato, and I learned tap dancing and a little ballet.
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He's already booked the most fantastic tap-dancing show in America.
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The production will also include a new set, new choreography, and a new percussive number featuring tap dancing.
Blog text (26) -
She charged a dollar per student per hour for classes in ballet, tap dancing, and acrobatics.
Academic text (1998) -
Popular theatrical entertainment and vaudeville also drew on such vernacular dance forms as tap dancing.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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3.0
A dance where the feet make tapping sounds using shoes with metal plates
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'tap' (making rhythmic sounds with the feet/shoes) + 'dancing' (moving rhythmically to music): it denotes dancing characterized by tapping sounds. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically transparent composition that a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily understand.
Etymology
The noun tap dancing comes from the small metal plates called 'taps' on shoes that make a clear tap sound when a person is dancing. So, tap dancing means a dance where the feet make a musical rhythm with each step.