Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

break dance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: break -dance
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of breakdance.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

Alternative form of breakdance.

Example Sentences

"On May 6 the same year they held the first break dance competition in Beijing. Many parents have changed their attitude towards the youngsters doing break dances."
"The advent of rap dance is where the supposedly predominantly male performance characteristic of waack and break dance shifted to include women."
"When I was invited to lead the bride in the traditional dance I, for some reason, thought it would be amusing to do a break dance in the middle of the floor."
"Even though a systematic warm-up exists for ballet in the form of the barre, break dance does not have an equivalent."
"A teenage girl break dances in the parking lot of the Ramada Inn while her dad fiddles with the mountain bikes on the roof of their SUV."
"My flesh even knows how to break dance, it's so good at winning the skirmish."

Usage

Inflected Forms

break dances (plural) break dances (present, singular) break dancing (participle, present) break danced (participle, past) break danced (past)

Synonyms

break dancing break-dance break

Questions

What does break dance mean?: Alternative form of breakdance.

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