break dancing

or breakdancing

noun

a style of acrobatic dancing originating in the mid-1970s, often performed to rap music usually by teenage males in the streets, and characterized by intricate footwork, pantomime, spinning headstands, tumbling, and elaborate improvised virtuosic movements.

Origin of break dancing

¹

The sense of break is unclear; cf. breakdown

Also called break, breaking.

Other words from break dancing

break dancer, noun

Words Nearby break dancing

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How to use break dancing in a sentence

He wanted to be lithe and smooth and lightly airborne, working on his break dancing until he could make himself appear to flow.
Shaq, Year One | Charles P. Pierce | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
West has even created a stop-frame video of North that makes it look like she is break-dancing.
Inside Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's 'Vogue' Editorial | Marina Watts | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

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