break dance

Questions about break dance

What does break dance mean?

break dance means "a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground; normally performed to the rhythm of rap music". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for break dance?

Close synonyms include break dancing, break-dance, break. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is break dance a common word?

break dance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.