tap-dancing

Definition of tap-dancingnext
present participle of tap-dance

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Verb
  • So, if the Phillies were to target Bichette, there would be some sort of shuffling in the infield.
    Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In 2022, Kelsey pleaded guilty to illegally shuffling money from his state Senate campaign account to his federal congressional campaign account.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty bring crackling wit and easy chemistry to a mismatched pair bopping between boroughs.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Famed film director Spike Lee and Hip-hop stalwarts Common and Black Thought could be seen bopping their heads to the Songs In The Key of Life favorite.
    Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Notably, as Eric and Carol were chatting to Sara, BBC Studios was re-jigging its APAC division in order to bring Australia and Asia under one roof.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Photos shared by the agency show Buddy prancing away in the daylight, as well as Buddy seemingly caught like a deer in headlights at night.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Ferrari’s latest one-off is a tribute to one of the most legendary prancing horses of them all.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One of the older photographs in Gaskin’s book, from 1998, finds an impeccably suited ballroom performer strutting the boards of what appears to be a community-center gymnasium.
    Andrew Holter, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The square-jawed Iago Breschi, one of the most technically proficient classical dancers in San Diego, was in his element as the torero Escamillo, strutting with a devil-may-care swagger.
    Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Tap-dancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tap-dancing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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