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 breakingTranslations
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, breakdansReferences
2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pgs. 694-695.Alternative forms
break dancing break-dancingEtymology
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