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tap dance
noun
: a kind of dance in which you wear special shoes with metal plates on the heels and toes and make tapping sounds with your feet
Full Definition of TAP DANCE
1
: a step dance tapped out audibly by means of shoes with hard soles or soles and heels to which taps have been added
2
: something suggesting a tap dance; especially : an action or discourse intended to rationalize or distract <does a clever tap dance to explain — Campbell Geeslin>
— tap–dance intransitive verb
— tap dancer noun
— tap dancing noun
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First Known Use of TAP DANCE
1928
Rhymes with TAP DANCE
TAP DANCING Defined for Kids
tap dance
noun
Definition of TAP DANCE for Kids
: a kind of dance featuring loud tapping sounds from shoes with metal plates on the heels and toes
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