tap dance
noun
1
: a step dance tapped out audibly by means of shoes with hard soles or soles and heels to which taps have been added
2
: something suggesting a tap dance
especially
: an action or discourse intended to rationalize or distract
does a clever tap dance to explain —
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His little tap dance at the door showed his enthusiasm to come back into the apartment.
—Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
There’s also a tap dance number featuring Diddy and Bankman-Fried and a love story between the two, among other surrealist elements.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Two months ago, the center launched its legacy spotlight featuring the late Freeman Davis, aka Brother Bones, known for his ability to play the bones, whistle and tap dance.
—Fred Bronson, Billboard, 15 July 2025
Once Sinner was through with Martinez, Djokovic put on one of his psychic clinics, tap dancing his way across the grass to a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 demolition of Miomir Kecmanović, also of Serbia.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 7 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
There’s also a tap dance number featuring Diddy and Bankman-Fried and a love story between the two, among other surrealist elements.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Two months ago, the center launched its legacy spotlight featuring the late Freeman Davis, aka Brother Bones, known for his ability to play the bones, whistle and tap dance.
—Fred Bronson, Billboard, 15 July 2025
Once Sinner was through with Martinez, Djokovic put on one of his psychic clinics, tap dancing his way across the grass to a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 demolition of Miomir Kecmanović, also of Serbia.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 7 July 2025
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“Tap dance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap%20dance. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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