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Definition of Break dance

1. Noun. A form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground; normally performed to the rhythm of rap music.

2. Verb. Do a break dance. "Sam and Sue break dance"; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Break Dance

break-even points break-evens break-in break-ins break-up break a law break a leg break a sweat break apart break away

break bad break bread break bulk break camp break cover break dance (current term) break dancing break down break even break free

break ground break in break into break it down break loose break new ground break of dawn break of day break of serve break of the day

Literary usage of Break dance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Games and Songs of American Children by William Wells Newell (1903)
"But iron and steel will bend and break, Dance over my lady Lee ; Iron and steel will bend and break, ..."

2. Chronicles of London Bridge by Richard Thomson (1839)
"Suppose the pipe should fall and break ? Dance o'er my Lady Lea; Suppose the pipe should fall and reak ? With a gay La-dee. Then we must set a dog to watch, ..."

3. The Folk-lore Readers: Book Two by Eulalie Osgood Grover (1914)
"... and steel will bend and break, Dance over my Lady Lee; Iron and steel will bend and break, With a gay ladye. We'll build it up with silver and gold,, ..."

4. Canadian Poets and Poetry by John William Garvin (1916)
"... the number and variety of her translations,—love-songs, war cries, heart-break, dance —the peculiar wit and wisdom of the Ukrainian nation, the ti\. ..."

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