tap dance
a form of dance using shoes that make noise
TRANSLATION
tap dance = der Stepp, der Stepptanz --- GOOGLE INDEX tap dance: approximately 900,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
When Members of Parliament try to be funny in the Commons, this is usually like watching a walrus attempting to TAP DANCE: you admire the effort rather than the result.
(The Guardian Online)
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Walters said the hardest thing about the musical, which played in the West End in 2005, was learning to TAP DANCE.
(BBC News)
(The Guardian Online)
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Walters said the hardest thing about the musical, which played in the West End in 2005, was learning to TAP DANCE.
(BBC News)
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tap dance
noun phrase, verb phrase
- a type of dance in which the rhythm is kept by the noise of the dancer's shoes on the floor
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Tap dance is a dance step where the rhythm is sounded out by the clicking of metal taps on the heels and toes of a dancer’s shoes.
Early forms of tap originated from Ireland and England (clogging). These styles eventually combined with African dance movements to create folk dancing by the early 1900s in the U.S. Modern tap dancing evolved in the 1930s and 1940s and was made famous by performers like Bill Robinson and Fred Astaire.
Tap dance can also be used as a figure of speech to mean avoiding an issue or problem (When the boss asked him when the project would be completed, he just did a tap dance.) A similar expression is "song and dance," which is slang for an excessively elaborate effort to explain or justify something (Don't give me that same old song and dance!)
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noun phrase, verb phrase
- a type of dance in which the rhythm is kept by the noise of the dancer's shoes on the floor
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Tap dance is a dance step where the rhythm is sounded out by the clicking of metal taps on the heels and toes of a dancer’s shoes.
Early forms of tap originated from Ireland and England (clogging). These styles eventually combined with African dance movements to create folk dancing by the early 1900s in the U.S. Modern tap dancing evolved in the 1930s and 1940s and was made famous by performers like Bill Robinson and Fred Astaire.
Tap dance can also be used as a figure of speech to mean avoiding an issue or problem (When the boss asked him when the project would be completed, he just did a tap dance.) A similar expression is "song and dance," which is slang for an excessively elaborate effort to explain or justify something (Don't give me that same old song and dance!)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"They say tap dance is an excellent way to stay in good shape."
