"tap dance" meaning in All languages combined

See tap dance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tap dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tap dance (plural tap dances)
  1. A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks. Categories (topical): Dance Synonyms: tap Related terms: tap-dance, tap-dancer Translations (dance): степ (step) [masculine] (Bulgarian), claqué [masculine] (Catalan), 踢踏舞 (tītàwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), step [masculine] (Czech), steppi (Finnish), claquettes [feminine, plural] (French), Stepptanz (German), κλακέτες (klakétes) [feminine, plural] (Greek), степ (step) [masculine] (Macedonian), kanikani patō (Maori), sapateado [masculine] (Portuguese), step [neuter] (Romanian), чечётка (čečótka) [feminine] (Russian), степ (stɛp) [masculine] (Russian), claqué [masculine] (Spanish), чечі́тка (čečítka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), степ (step) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nhảy thiết hài (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-tap_dance-en-noun-tPzSXOro Disambiguation of Dance: 59 41 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'dance': 100 0
  2. (figurative, idiomatic) Any act or performance, especially one viewed as servile, designed to please, appease, or win the approval of others. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Synonyms: dog and pony show, song and dance
    Sense id: en-tap_dance-en-noun-3JZ6zSfC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 39 61

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tap dances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tap dance (plural tap dances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dance",
          "orig": "en:Dance",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks."
      ],
      "id": "en-tap_dance-en-noun-tPzSXOro",
      "links": [
        [
          "rhythmic",
          "rhythmic"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
        [
          "click",
          "click"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "tap-dance"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "tap-dancer"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tap"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "step",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "степ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "claqué"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tītàwǔ",
          "sense": "dance",
          "word": "踢踏舞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "step"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dance",
          "word": "steppi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "claquettes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dance",
          "word": "Stepptanz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "klakétes",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "κλακέτες"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "step",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "степ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "dance",
          "word": "kanikani patō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sapateado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "step"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čečótka",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чечётка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stɛp",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "степ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "claqué"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čečítka",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чечі́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "step",
          "sense": "dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "степ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "dance",
          "word": "nhảy thiết hài"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any act or performance, especially one viewed as servile, designed to please, appease, or win the approval of others."
      ],
      "id": "en-tap_dance-en-noun-3JZ6zSfC",
      "links": [
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ],
        [
          "servile",
          "servile"
        ],
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ],
        [
          "appease",
          "appease"
        ],
        [
          "approval",
          "approval"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, idiomatic) Any act or performance, especially one viewed as servile, designed to please, appease, or win the approval of others."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dog and pony show"
        },
        {
          "word": "song and dance"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tap dance"
  ],
  "word": "tap dance"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "en:Dance"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tap dances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tap dance (plural tap dances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tap-dance"
    },
    {
      "word": "tap-dancer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhythmic",
          "rhythmic"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
        [
          "click",
          "click"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tap"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any act or performance, especially one viewed as servile, designed to please, appease, or win the approval of others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ],
        [
          "servile",
          "servile"
        ],
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ],
        [
          "appease",
          "appease"
        ],
        [
          "approval",
          "approval"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, idiomatic) Any act or performance, especially one viewed as servile, designed to please, appease, or win the approval of others."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dog and pony show"
        },
        {
          "word": "song and dance"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "step",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "степ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "claqué"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tītàwǔ",
      "sense": "dance",
      "word": "踢踏舞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "step"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dance",
      "word": "steppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "claquettes"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dance",
      "word": "Stepptanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "klakétes",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "κλακέτες"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "step",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "степ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "dance",
      "word": "kanikani patō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sapateado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "step"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čečótka",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чечётка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stɛp",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "степ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "claqué"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čečítka",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чечі́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "step",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "степ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "dance",
      "word": "nhảy thiết hài"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tap dance"
  ],
  "word": "tap dance"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tap dance meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.