break dancing

or break·danc·ing


noun

a style of acrobatic dancing originating in the mid-1970s, often performed to rap music usually by teenage males in the streets, and characterized by intricate footwork, pantomime, spinning headstands, tumbling, and elaborate improvised virtuosic movements.
Also called break, breaking.

Origin of break dancing

the sense of break is unclear; cf. breakdown

OTHER WORDS FROM break dancing

break dancer, noun

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