tapdance

Questions about tapdance

What does tapdance mean?

tapdance means "dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes".

How many syllables are in tapdance?

tapdance has 2 syllables and divides as tap-dance 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.

What is another word for tapdance?

Close synonyms include tap. 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 tapdance a common word?

tapdance 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.