break dancing

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break′ danc′ing, 

1. Music and Dance a style of acrobatic dancing originating in the mid-1970s, often performed to rap music usually by teenage males in the streets, and characterized by intricate footwork, pantomime, spinning headstands, tumbling, and elaborate improvised virtuosic movements.

Also, break′danc′ing. Also called break, breaking. 

• compare breakdown (def. 6) sense of break unclear

break′ danc′er.