In technical and elliptical uses. A kind of step-dance; the measure of or music for this. dialect.

a dance performed in clogs or wooden-soled shoes.

a dance intended for the display of special steps by an individual performer; also as v. intransitive.

a step-dance performed on a sanded surface.

Soft-shoe dancing; a soft-shoe dance.

A form of exhibition dancing characterized by rhythmical tapping of the toes and heels.

also figurative and as v. intransitive (occasionally transitive).

= tap-dancing, n.

The action of tap, v.2; the sound made by this action; †in Etching: see quot. 1688 (obsolete); also spec. tap-dancing. Also reduplicated, tap-tapping…