clog dance
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6.8
- noun
- /klɔg dæns/
- UK
:
danza de zuecos
- Stéphane Phavorin as the widow Simone, never over the top, was extremely funny, and his clog dance, true Lancastrian clod-walloping, was remarkably well done.
- doing a clog dance
Examples
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When I was weary of that, I got up and smoked until the Frenchmen did a clog dance in my cranium.
Fiction book (1992) -
Their colorful costumes will delight you and your camera as they perform dances of the area, including the Western Hoe Down, the Can Can, and a famous western clog dance, the Orange Blossom Special.
Academic text (1996) -
"S.L. mimics a clown carrying a child: bowing and deadpan, he is doing a clog dance.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mr. Murray is also a master of the clog dance, showcasing its traditional heavy stamping steps.
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For the first act, Jeannie and Mary did a lively clog dance while Bob Henderson played his banjo.
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Chaplin stood out in the center of the floor as he performed a dynamic clog dance with heavy footwork.
Synonyms
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4.8
A dance with strong foot stamping to lively music
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8.2
A lively traditional dance with heavy stamping done in wooden shoes
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5.6
A dance done in shoes with wooden soles that uses heavy stamping steps
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'clog' (a wooden-soled shoe) and 'dance' (rhythmic movement); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it is a dance performed in clogs, including the characteristic heavy stamping. This noun+noun composition follows a straightforward compositional pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so prior exposure is not required to understand the basic meaning.
Etymology
Clog dance comes from a simple picture: people wear heavy wooden shoes called clogs and stamp their feet loudly when they dance. That's why it means 'a traditional dance with heavy stamping steps'.