breakdancer

noun

break·danc·er ˈbrāk-ˌdan(t)-sər

variants or break dancer or less commonly break-dancer

plural breakdancers or break dancers also break-dancers

: someone who breakdances

… a new hip-hop dance work by the breakdancer and choreographer Anne Nguyen that involves 20 New York City street dancers in the Bronx and Times Square.—

Joshua Barone

… "Wild Style," a 1983 film that was hailed as the first hip-hop movie and featured real-life graffiti writers, rappers and break dancers in and around the Bronx.—

Julianne McShane

… [Emmanuel Macron] watched a performance of break-dancers who hope to compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.—

Jeffrey Schaeffer

Acrobatic dancers known as b-boys, b-girls, and breakers (the media eventually labeled them as breakdancers, a term still in wide circulation today) flocked to DJ Kool Herc's parties …—

Jonathan Abrams

called also breaker

Examples of breakdancer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The worst breakdancer at the Olympics, Raygun — who scored zeros across the board — is now officially number one in the world. —

Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024 And of those millions, a not insignificant portion watched clips of other breakdancers. —

Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2024 The Australian Olympic breakdancer proved that one embarrassingly undercooked dance routine on an international stage can take you from obscurity to global infamy within hours. —

Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024 While delivering his Monday monologue, The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon was interrupted by an unexpected arrival from the Aussie Olympic breakdancer herself, Raygun (aka Rachel Dratch in parody-mode). —

Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2024 During his opening monologue on Monday, Aug. 11, host Jimmy Fallon was in for a surprise when Rachel Dratch crashed his bit dressed as the breakdancer, who has since gone viral for her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. —

Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024 Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn has caused quite a stir on social media after her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. —

Michaela Zee, Variety, 10 Aug. 2024 Rivas, the founder of Break Free Worldwide, has been a dedicated breakdancer and competitor for years. —

Shafaq Patel, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024 The Australian breakdancer broke the internet after her zero-point earning routine, which didn’t win over the judges but certainly won over viewers’ hearts. —

Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024

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