twinkle toes
Americannoun
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the swift, agile, or graceful footwork of a dancer, runner, etc.
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Often Twinkle Toes. a person who is swift, agile, or graceful on their feet (often used ironically to describe someone awkward or slow-moving).
Example Sentences
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Nick Mohammed turned out to be something of a twinkle toes, making it through with relative ease.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
Bowen showed twinkle toes to cut Leeds to ribbons at the back and then converted his own score to fire Wigan ahead.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2015
Let’s hope that soon your bank account will be restored along with the feline’s twinkle toes.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2015
Parents can take their tiny twinkle toes to American Ballet Theater’s “Don Quixote” on Monday.
From New York Times • May 27, 2010
Everyone agreed that he could pass, but he was no twinkle toes as a runner, and when the 49ers shifted to a ground game last year, he was traded to the Giants.
From Time Magazine Archive
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