tapdance
/ˈtæpˌdæns/
noun
- A type of dance in which the dancer wears shoes with metal plates on the heels and toes, making rhythmic tapping sounds.
- The musical featured an amazing tapdance number with twenty performers.
- She has been taking tapdance lessons since she was six years old.
- He practiced his tapdance routine every day after school.
verb
- To perform a tapdance.
- She tapdanced across the stage with incredible energy.
- He learned to tapdance by watching online videos.
- The children love to tapdance to the old jazz records.
- To move or act in a quick, clever, or evasive way, often to avoid a difficult situation.
- She tapdanced her way out of admitting she had forgotten the meeting.
- Instead of giving a straight answer, he tapdanced through the entire interview.
- The politician tapdanced around the reporter's question about taxes.
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