Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Tap dancing performed while wearing shoes without metal taps.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of soft shoe.

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  • noun tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles

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Examples

  • The soft-shoe and the sparing their feelings routine. . . these things simply don't work.

    Evaluating Russian 'reset' Jennifer Rubin 2011

  • I walk to the middle of my stage and do a little soft-shoe in the snow.

    Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Lace-Curtain Ladies Nancy Ruhling 2011

  • The pads of his feet may be rough, but inside he is a dandy, the desiccated leaves the equivalent of the carefully strewn sand of a soft-shoe dancer.

    Dog days of autumn John Kelly 2010

  • Then suddenly Mr. Gengo broke into a soft-shoe dance.

    After Losing Shield, Cop Sings for Cash Sean Gardiner 2011

  • The pads of his feet may be rough, but inside he is a dandy, the desiccated leaves the equivalent of the carefully strewn sand of a soft-shoe dancer.

    Dog days of autumn John Kelly 2010

  • The pads of his feet may be rough, but inside he is a dandy, the desiccated leaves the equivalent of the carefully strewn sand of a soft-shoe dancer.

    Dog days of autumn John Kelly 2010

  • Wide.8 min: A brilliant bit of skill from Zaha, who totally bamboozles Park with a soft-shoe shimmy, gets kicked on the shin and wins Palace a free-kick wide on the left.

    Manchester United v Crystal Palace 2011

  • And their condition only got worse earlier Monday when ABC News president Ben Sherwood began to do a soft-shoe during his news conference.

    ABC renews sophomore sitcoms and some dramas Lisa de Moraes 2011

  • We were watching the news on Sunny's tiny black and white TV when she jumped from the loveseat and performed a soft-shoe routine to some melody that she boasted she had made up right there on the spot.

    Sunny Gessy Alvarez 2012

  • The pads of his feet may be rough, but inside he is a dandy, the desiccated leaves the equivalent of the carefully strewn sand of a soft-shoe dancer.

    Dog days of autumn John Kelly 2010

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  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

    adjective

    Date: 1920

    : of or relating to tap dancing done in soft-soled shoes without metal taps

    February 4, 2008