breakdancing

ˈbreɪkˌdænsɪŋ

Definition

Definition of breakdancing - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

dance

Rare

urban street dance with spins, flips, and acrobatic moves

Rare

Breakdancing became popular in many cities around the world.

Adjective

culture

Rare

influenced by hip-hop dance moves and street performance style

Rare

They wore breakdancing outfits to the party.

hip-hop

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Origin of breakdancing

English, break (energetic move) + dancing (dance activity)

Terms with breakdancing included in their meaning

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breakdancer

specialist

dancer specializing in breakdancing

B-boy

dance

male who performs breakdancing

break-danced

adj.

dance

performed breakdancing moves

break-danced

adj.

culture

related to breakdancing culture

headspin

dance

breakdancing move balancing on the head while spinning

Examples of breakdancing in a sentence

Breakdancing drew a crowd when the crew performed in the subway station.
The breakdancing style was evident in their moves.
Her breakdancing skills impressed everyone at the show.

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French:breakdance, inspiré par le breakdance, ...
German:Breakdance, breakdance-inspiriert, ...
Italian:breakdance, da breakdance, ...
Spanish:breakdance, de breakdance, ...
Portuguese:breakdance, inspirado no breakdance, ...
Chinese:霹雳舞, 霹雳舞的, ...
Japanese:ブレイクダンス, ブレイクダンス風の, ...
Arabic:رَقْص شَوارِع بَهْلَوَانِيّ, مُتَأَثِّر بِرَقْص البريك دانس, ...
Hebrew:בְּרֵיקְדַּאנְס, בְּהַשְׁרָאַת תַּרְבּוּת הַבְּרֵיְיקְדַּאֲנְס, ...
Russian:брейк-данс, брейкдансовый, ...
Ukrainian:брейкданс, брейкдансовий, ...
Hindi:ब्रेकडांसिंग, ब्रेकडांस से प्रेरित, ...
Bengali:ব্রেকড্যান্স, ব্রেকড্যান্সিং, ...
Catalan:breakdance, de breakdance, ...
Czech:breakdance, breakdanceový, ...
Danish:breakdance, breakdance-inspireret, ...
Dutch:breakdance, breakdancend, ...
Greek:μπρέικντανς, χορευτικός, ...
Hungarian:breaktánc, breaktáncos, ...
Khmer:ការរាំប្រេក, មានឥទ្ធិពលពីក្បាច់រាំហ៊ីបហប និងរចនាប័ទ្មសម្ដែងតាមដងផ្លូវ, ...
Korean:브레이크댄스, 브레이크댄스 스타일의, ...
Persian:بِرِیک‌دَنس, رقص خیابانی, ...
Polish:breakdance, breakdanceowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):breakdance, inspirado no breakdance, ...
Romanian:breakdance, inspirat de breakdance, ...
Swedish:breakdance, ...
Thai:การเต้นเบรกแดนซ์, แนวเบรกแดนซ์, ...
Turkish:break dansı, breakdans tarzı, ...
Vietnamese:nhảy breakdance, văn hóa breakdancing, ...

breakdance

ˈbreɪkˌdæns

Definition of breakdance - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

intr.

performance

Rare

dance with acrobatic moves to hip-hop music

Rare

He loves to breakdance at parties.
Teenagers breakdanced on the subway platform.
They breakdanced during the halftime show.

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Origin of breakdance

English, break (to separate) + dance (move rhythmically)

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French:breakdancer, ...
German:breakdancen, ...
Italian:fare breakdance, ...
Spanish:bailar breakdance, ...
Portuguese:fazer breakdance, ...
Chinese:跳霹雳舞, ...
Japanese:ブレイクダンスを踊る, ...
Arabic:رَقَصَ بريكدانس, ...
Hebrew:לְרַקֵּד בְּרֵיקְדַּנְס, ...
Russian:танцевать брейк-данс, ...
Ukrainian:танцювати брейк-данс, ...
Hindi:ब्रेकडांस करना, ...
Bengali:ব্রেকডান্স করা, ...
Catalan:ballar breakdance, ...
Czech:breakdancovat, ...
Danish:breakdance, ...
Dutch:breakdancen, ...
Greek:κάνω breakdance, ...
Hungarian:breakelni, ...
Khmer:រាំប៊្រេកដាន់, ...
Korean:브레이크댄스를 추다, ...
Persian:بریک‌دنس زدن, ...
Polish:tańczyć breakdance, ...
Portuguese (BR):fazer breakdance, ...
Romanian:a dansa breakdance, ...
Swedish:breakdansa, ...
Thai:เต้นเบรกแดนซ์, ...
Turkish:break dans yapmak, ...
Vietnamese:nhảy breakdance, ...

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Definition of breakdancing - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

Adjective

Origin of breakdancing

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Definition of breakdance - Reverso English Dictionary

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