tap dance

noun

: a step dance tapped out audibly by means of shoes with hard soles or soles and heels to which taps have been added

: 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

ˈtap-ˌdan(t)s

intransitive verb

tap dancer noun

tap dancing noun

Examples of tap dance in a Sentence

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Percussion came to mind with a fiddle blended in a percussive way, a horn section, and a tap dance blended into the score. —

Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024 In fact, the entire thing was staged like a theatre show with red velvet curtains and tap dance breaks from her dancers. —

Courtesy Of Esther Newman., refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2024 His tap dance feature Buffalo Flats is set up at MGM Films with Emma Westenberg attached to direct, and he’s partnered with Geoff Johns and others on the new comic book imprint Ghost Machine. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024 Synergy Space is home to Ballet Embody, a dance company also co-founded by Runkle, and hosts jazz, modern and tap dance classes. —

Lizzy Alspach, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tap dance