Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
soft-shoe is a noun meaning "tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles". It carries one recorded sense.
tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for soft-shoe come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.