buck-and-wing

1. 1.

   a solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps

   Broadertap dancing

Questions about buck-and-wing

What does buck-and-wing mean?

buck-and-wing means "a solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps".

How many syllables are in buck-and-wing?

buck-and-wing has 3 syllables and divides as buc-k-an-d-wing under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is buck-and-wing a common word?

buck-and-wing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.