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breakdancing
break·danc·ing [ bráyk dànssing ]


noun 
Definition:
 
acrobatic dancing to music: an acrobatic style of solo dancing to rap music, typically involving spinning of the body on the ground. Breakdancing started in the United States in the 1980s.
[Late 20th century. Perhaps related to breakdown "fast dance"]

break·dance noun, intransitive verb
break·danc·er noun
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