"buck-and-wing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: buck-and-wings [plural]
Etymology: From buck meaning dance and wing referring to the wing-like flapping of the arms. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} buck-and-wing (countable and uncountable, plural buck-and-wings)
  1. (historical) A form of tap dance with gliding, sliding, and stomping movements performed at high speed. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-buck-and-wing-en-noun-d9XajZvt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
  2. (colloquial) Something done during a presentation by the presenter to distract from any negative aspects. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-buck-and-wing-en-noun-G0ptBe~N Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of African-American Vernacular English: 44 56 Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A form of tap dance with gliding, sliding, and stomping movements performed at high speed."
      ],
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        [
          "sliding",
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        ],
        [
          "stomp",
          "stomp"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) A form of tap dance with gliding, sliding, and stomping movements performed at high speed."
      ],
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        "historical",
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          "ref": "1984, Donald Revell, “The Desperate Buck and Wing: James Tate and the Failure of Ritual.”, in Western Humanities Review, volume 38, number 4, page 363:",
          "text": "His abrupt changes of mood and tone disturb even as they dazzle the reader, insisting upon the urgency of Tate's subjects and upon the emotional precariousness of the situations in which he finds them.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Ralph Keyes, “Peacekeeper”, in Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, page 122:",
          "text": "With his show-business background, Reagan was unusually deft at this type of verbal buck and wing. At the president's behest, his administration renamed the multiwarhead MX missile — capable of destroying multiple major cities and tens, if not hundreds, of millions of civilians",
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        }
      ],
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        "Something done during a presentation by the presenter to distract from any negative aspects."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) Something done during a presentation by the presenter to distract from any negative aspects."
      ],
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    "English uncountable nouns",
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  "etymology_text": "From buck meaning dance and wing referring to the wing-like flapping of the arms.",
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        "A form of tap dance with gliding, sliding, and stomping movements performed at high speed."
      ],
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        "(historical) A form of tap dance with gliding, sliding, and stomping movements performed at high speed."
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          "ref": "1984, Donald Revell, “The Desperate Buck and Wing: James Tate and the Failure of Ritual.”, in Western Humanities Review, volume 38, number 4, page 363:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Ralph Keyes, “Peacekeeper”, in Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, page 122:",
          "text": "With his show-business background, Reagan was unusually deft at this type of verbal buck and wing. At the president's behest, his administration renamed the multiwarhead MX missile — capable of destroying multiple major cities and tens, if not hundreds, of millions of civilians",
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        }
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        "Something done during a presentation by the presenter to distract from any negative aspects."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) Something done during a presentation by the presenter to distract from any negative aspects."
      ],
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}

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