"breakdance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: breakdances [plural]
Etymology: break + dance Etymology templates: {{compound|en|break|dance}} break + dance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} breakdance (countable and uncountable, plural breakdances)
  1. The art, or an instance, of breakdancing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (instance of breakdancing): breakdance (Afrikaans), بريك دانس (brīk dāns) (Arabic), breakdance [masculine] (Dutch), breikkaus (Finnish), breakdance [masculine] (French), ბრეიკდანსი (breiḳdansi) (Georgian), ბრეიკ-დანსი (breiḳ-dansi) (Georgian), kanikani keretao (Maori), breakdance [masculine] (Polish), breakdance [masculine] (Portuguese), breakdance [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-breakdance-en-noun-~qRf~PRe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: break-dance, break dance

Verb

Forms: breakdances [present, singular, third-person], breakdancing [participle, present], breakdanced [participle, past], breakdanced [past]
Etymology: break + dance Etymology templates: {{compound|en|break|dance}} break + dance Head templates: {{en-verb}} breakdance (third-person singular simple present breakdances, present participle breakdancing, simple past and past participle breakdanced)
  1. (intransitive) To dance in this style. Tags: intransitive Translations (to dance in breakdancing style): 地板舞 (Chinese Mandarin), 霹雳舞 (pīlìwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 布雷克舞 (Chinese Mandarin), breakdancen (Dutch), rompdanci (Esperanto), breikata (Finnish), kanikani keretao (Maori)
    Sense id: en-breakdance-en-verb-CTXhPZif
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: break-dance, break dance

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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