Definitions For Breakdancing

Noun

BREAKDANCING (uncountable) (dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of new york city in the late 20th century.

Synonyms

b-boying b-girling breaking

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 霹靂舞, tr=pīlìwǔ Esperanto: rompdancado Finnish: breikkitanssi French: breakdance, m Georgian: ბრეიკდანსი, ბრეიკ-დანსი Hungarian: breaktánc Macedonian: бре́јкденс, m Maori: kanikani keretao Polish: breakdance, m Portuguese: breakdance Russian: брейк-да́нс, m, брейк, m Swedish: breakdance, c, breakdans

References

2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pgs. 694-695.

Alternative forms

break dancing break-dancing

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.

Is Breakdancing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
22
Words with Friends
27

The word Breakdancing is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends

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