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View synonyms for toe dance

toe dance

1

noun

  1. a dance performed on the tips of the toes.


toe-dance

2

[ toh-dans, -dahns ]

verb (used without object)

, toe-danced, toe-danc·ing.
  1. to perform a toe dance.

toe dance

noun

  1. a dance performed on tiptoe
“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 ballet to dance on pointes
“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

  • toe dancer, noun
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Other Words From

  • toe dancer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of toe dance1

First recorded in 1930–35

Origin of toe dance2

v. use of noun phrase toe dance
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Example Sentences

"If Roger had thrown it to the back of the end zone, I could have shifted into that last gear, done the toe dance in the back of the end zone, and walked away untouched."

But of later years there has developed in the terpsichorean art other forms and combinations of toe dancing besides the strictly classical, as for instance, the eccentric toe dance and the acrobatic toe dance.

In her soft Indian moccasins, beaded like a squaw's, she executed a little heel and toe dance in the narrow passage outside, while she waited for Allison to gather up her clothes and follow.

It is at the behest of the great American audience that these newer toe dances are with us.

We teach straight toe dances, and also eccentric toe dances, as will be demonstrated in another chapter.

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