break-dance

present singular third person break-dances · participle present break-dancing · participle past break-danced · past break-danced

1. alternativeAlternative form of breakdance.

   Later on, you watch me on the dance floor. I break-dance better than Michael Jackson.

   2007, Becky Anderson, In Stereo Where Available

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   I'm not saying he had to break-dance or anything, but a little end-zone happy dance would have been appreciated.

   2012, Mike Michalowicz, The Pumpkin Plan

   Large groups use this space to practice their social dance moves, or teenagers break-dance to music from their portable stereo sets (Fig. 15).

   2013, Graeme Brooker, Lois Weinthal, The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design, page xvii

plural break-dances

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of breakdance.

   They joke back: “Do a little break-dance for us.”

   2010, Pap Khouma, Oreste Pivetta, I was an Elephant Salesman

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   In the 1980s, people would gather on sidewalks with a boom box and perform break-dances.

   2007, Sharon Leah, Llewellyn's Wicca Almanac: A Guide to Pagan Living, page 9

   He hit the floor with a series of freestyle moves, singing and gyrating his hips just like Madonna and the bevy of male and female dancers did in the official music video for the song, before moving into dance moves that were Seung-Hyeon's own version of a “break-dance in slow-mo,” which consisted of super-sharp yet smooth, elegantly strong movements Carlos had never seen the likes of before.

   2012, Jess C Scott, Hit the Floor