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break dance

verb (used without object)

  1. to perform break dancing.


break dance

noun

  1. an acrobatic dance style originating in the 1980s
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to perform a break dance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • break dancer, noun
  • break dancing, noun
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Example Sentences

Breaking — also known as break dancing — which made its inaugural appearance in Paris, will unfortunately not be making a return in L.A.

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Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — whatever was around.

The local hip-hop nonprofit toasts to 20 years of celebrating and preserving Seattle hip-hop culture with five nights of music, break dancing and more.

Paris will be its own extraordinary attraction, transformed into a giant outdoor arena with competitions like break dancing at Place de la Concorde and beach volleyball at the Eiffel Tower.

Among those were the men’s and women’s water polo teams; B-girl “Sunny” Choi, who will compete in the first Olympic break dancing tournament; and boxer Joshua Edwards.

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