break dancing

or breakdancing


noun
  1. a style of acrobatic dancing originating in the mid-1970s, often performed to rap music usually by teenage males in the streets, and characterized by intricate footwork, pantomime, spinning headstands, tumbling, and elaborate improvised virtuosic movements.

Origin of break dancing

1
The sense of break is unclear; cf. breakdown

Other words from break dancing

  • break dancer, noun

Words Nearby break dancing

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