step dance
See also: stepdance and step-dance
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
1876 noun, 1903 verb, step + dance.
Noun
step dance (plural step dances)
- A dance emphasizing the dancer's steps.
- 1876, John Ruskin, Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, v 6, p 269:
- He then gave us a step-dance, so as not to dwell too long on one subject.
- 1887, Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills [1890], p 120:
- Orth'ris began rowlin' his eyes an' crackin' his fingers an' dancin' a step-dance for to impress the Headman.
- 1876, John Ruskin, Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, v 6, p 269:
Translations
dance
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Verb
step dance (third-person singular simple present step dances, present participle step dancing, simple past and past participle step danced)
- To perform a step dance.
- 1903, Charles Edward Osborne, The life of Father Dolling, E. Arnold, p 254:
- [. . .] place, where we boxed, played skittles, step-danced — a place in which I could say to all these dear street-corner, out-of-work people, " Come in and spend [. . .]
- 1903, Charles Edward Osborne, The life of Father Dolling, E. Arnold, p 254:
Derived terms
Translations
to perform step dance
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