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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dance in which the dancer clicks metal taps fixed to the heels and toes of the shoes in rhythm against the floor.
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- noun A
rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer'sshoes make a series ofclicks
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- verb perform a tap dance
- noun a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Date: 1928
a step dance tapped out audibly by means of shoes with hard soles or soles and heels to which taps have been added
February 4, 2008