"breakdancing" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|break|dancing}} break + dancing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} 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. Wikipedia link: breakdancing Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Dance, Dances Synonyms: b-boying, b-girling, breaking, break dancing, break-dancing Translations (Style of dance): 霹靂舞 (Chinese Mandarin), 霹雳舞 (pīlìwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), rompdancado (Esperanto), breikkitanssi (Finnish), breakdance [masculine] (French), ბრეიკდანსი (breiḳdansi) (Georgian), ბრეიკ-დანსი (breiḳ-dansi) (Georgian), breaktánc (Hungarian), бре́јкденс (bréjkdens) [masculine] (Macedonian), kanikani keretao (Maori), breakdance [masculine] (Polish), breakdance (Portuguese), брейк-да́нс (brejk-dáns) [masculine] (Russian), брейк (brejk) [masculine] (Russian), breakdance [common-gender] (Swedish), breakdans (Swedish)

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