tap-dance

verb

Definition of tap-dancenext
as in to waltz

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tap-dance
  1. waltz
  2. boogie
  3. jitterbug
  4. shuffle
  5. bop
  6. tango
  7. jig
  8. jive
Verb
  • The one-minute preview also features new clips of Gaga and the Napoleon actor kissing in a burning room, sharing cigarette smoke through jail cell bars and waltzing under streetlights.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Does that involve waltzing into the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper offices hoping to get one of its reporters to hand her everything on Cleo?
    Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
Definition of waltz
Verb
  • Rosie remarked that Joey knew how to boogie, while Derek appreciated how content-packed the routine was.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • This election is a broken info-pipe of raw sewage spewing in every direction, and these guys are boogieing down in the muck.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of boogie
Verb
  • Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.
    Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Linders says the audience for trad jazz can generally be put into three categories: There are swing dancers who are eager to jitterbug to some hot sounds.
    Noah Schaffer, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
Definition of jitterbug
Verb
  • Once the road trip ends, Bronny will be shuffling between the G-League and the main Lakers roster.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
  • These relationships shuffle among the large, contentious staff — Mexican, white, Italian, black, Muslim, Albanian, and Dominican, a panoply of types whose individuality keeps the action lively, timely, yet unpredictable.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of shuffle
Verb
  • The return to hallowed ground was also just like any other rally—people bopped around to Kesha and the Killers and napped on the grass or waited in line for funnel cakes.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Coming out of the ghost town the pandemic made L.A. into, Gov. Newsom and the legislature bopped up the incentives program in 2021 to $420 million for two years and added further credits for the construction of more soundstages.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of bop
Verb
  • Oakland baseball almost always tangoed with tension between supporters and ownership—but not with players.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Yesterday’s Boeing purchases might have been a not-so-subtle reminder to the EU and Airbus that two can tango at the tariff game.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of tango
Verb
  • Diamond jigs were originally intended to be dropped straight down from a boat and jigged vertically.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Owned by the Chinese, the ship was flagged to Argentina and jigging in Argentinian waters.
    Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Definition of jig
Verb
  • Ready or not, the Dancing With the Stars competitors are jamming, jiving, and foxtrotting in full throttle.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • When reality doesn’t jive with her desires (see also: Shauna’s early acceptance to Brown), no one dares shatter her illusions.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of jive
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