breakdancing

See also: break-dancing and break dancing

English

Alternative forms

• break dancing, break-dancing

Etymology

From break +‎ dancing.

Influenced by breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) -- breakdancers were originally those who danced to a breakdown.

Noun

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breakdancing

Wikipedia

breakdancing (uncountable)

1. (dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century.
   • 1998 June 7, Lola Ogunnaike, “NOTICED; Breakdancing Regains Its Footing”, in The New York Times‎:

     Hollywood made movies about breakdancing, dancers performed at the White House and the sky seemed the limit.

Synonyms

• b-boying
• b-girling
• breaking

Translations

Style of dance

Chinese: Mandarin: 霹靂舞 / 霹雳舞 (zh) (pīlìwǔ) Esperanto: rompdancado Finnish: breikkitanssi French: breakdance (fr) m Georgian: ბრეიკდანსი (breiḳdansi), ბრეიკ-დანსი (breiḳ-dansi) Hungarian: breaktánc Macedonian: бре́јкденс m (bréjkdens) Maori: kanikani keretao Polish: breakdance (pl) m Portuguese: breakdance (pt) Russian: брейк-да́нс (ru) m (brejk-dáns), брейк (ru) m (brejk) Swedish: breakdance (sv) c, breakdans

References

• 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pgs. 694-695.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɾeiɡˈdanθin/ [ˌbɾei̯ɣ̞ˈð̞ãn̟.θĩn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˌbɾeiɡˈdansin/ [ˌbɾei̯ɣ̞ˈð̞ãn.sĩn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθin (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansin (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: break‧dan‧cing

Noun

breakdancing m (uncountable)

1. breakdancing