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breakdancing
breakdancing [ bráyk daanssing ]


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']

breakdance noun, intransitive verb
breakdancer noun
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