break dancing

American  

Or breakdancing

noun

1. 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.

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Other Word Forms

• break dancer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of break dancing

The sense of break is unclear; cf. breakdown ( def. )

Example Sentences

"And, Dame," I cried, suddenly changing my meditations, "what an ideal fencing ground is this even turf!"

From The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes by Sabatini, Rafael