soft-shoeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌsɒf(t)ˈʃuː/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(t)ˌʃu/,

/ˈsɑf(t)ˌʃu/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., shoe n.

Etymology: < soft adj. + shoe n.

Originally U.S.

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to a dance performed in soft-soled shoes, using the toes and heels in a similar way to a tap dance; (also) designating a dance of this kind.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > tap- or step-dancing > [adjective]

soft-shoe1888

1888 Boston Sunday Globe 16 Sept. 11/2 Tommy Morrissey, The ‘Kid Glove,’ soft-shoe dancer.

1927 P. Dunning & G. Abbott Broadway 9 They were a brother act, a team of soft-shoe dancers.

1941 Life 25 Aug. 74/2 George Primrose was famed as an exponent of ‘soft-shoe’ dancing 35 years ago.

1987 A. Dillard Amer. Childhood (1990) Prologue 9 He walked lightly, long-legged, like a soft-shoe hoofer barely in touch with the floor.

2014 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 25 May 1 a He sang a few bars and did a soft-shoe dance.

2. figurative, with reference to something done surreptitiously or duplicitously.

ΚΠ

1902 G. Ade Girl Proposition 58 Then he did a soft-shoe Sneak and swore he would Forget her.

1965 P. O'Donnell Modesty Blaise xviii. 190 We'll make a soft-shoe job of it if we can... Straight for the diamonds..and away.

2002 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 29 May a21 The old soft-shoe routine—we're only doing our jobs to represent constituents—clearly wasn't going to hold up.

B. n.

Soft-shoe dancing; a soft-shoe dance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > tap- or step-dancing > [noun]

treble1805

clog-dance1881

step-dancing1886

step-dance1887

sand-dancea1894

soft-shoe1900

sand-dancing1905

tap-dancing1928

tap-dance1929

tap1944

tapping1944

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun]

dance of Macabre?c1430

springc1450

lege de moya1529

bobc1550

lusty gallant1569

duret1613

fading1613

huckler1617

ground-measure1621

entry1631

slatter de pouchc1640

ballo1651

Irish trot1651

omnium gatheruma1652

clutterdepouch1652

upspring1654

passacaglia1659

shuffle1659

passacaille1667

flip-flap1676

chaconne1685

charmer1702

Cheshire-round1706

Louvre1729

stick dance1730

white joke1730

baby dance1744

Nancy Dawson1766

fricassee1775

bumpkin1785

Totentanz1789

Flora('s) dance1790

goombay1790

egg-dance1801

supper dance1820

Congo dance1823

slip-jig1829

bran-dance1833

roly-poly1833

Congo1835

mazy1841

furry1848

bull-dance1855

stampede1856

double-shuffling1859

frog dance1863

hokee-pokee1873

plait dance1876

slow dancing1884

snake dance1895

beast dance1900

soft-shoe1900

cakewalk1902

floral dance1911

snake dance1911

apache dance1912

grizzly bear1912

jazz dance1917

jazz dancing1917

jazz1919

wine-dance1920

camel-walk1921

furry dance1928

snake-dance1931

pas d'action1936

trance dancing1956

touch dance1965

hokey-cokey1966

moonwalk1969

moonwalking1983

Crip Walk1989

mapantsula1990

1900 N.Y. Times 8 Dec. 9/1 He can do many dances. They include buck, wing, soft shoe, cake walking, and the style known..as ‘fancy dancing.’

1962 J. D. Salinger Franny & Zooey 180 Les and Bessie did a lovely soft-shoe on sand swiped by Boo Boo from the urn in the lobby.

1994 Where Winnipeg Mar. 5/4 Combining tap, classical ballet and softshoe, they will sweep you off your feet.

2010 C. V. Hill Tap Dancing Amer. iii. 57 They performed a soft-shoe together, multiplying syncopated accents.

Compounds

soft-shoe shuffle n. a soft-shoe dance; (originally) one influenced by African-American dances and performed by blackface minstrels; (in extended use, esp. in a sporting context) nimble footwork used to confound or confuse an opponent.

ΚΠ

1931 Oxnard (Calif.) Daily Courier 23 Apr. Miss Snowden further danced two solo numbers ‘Buck and Wing’ and ‘Soft Shoe Shuffle.’

1968 Austral. Q. Sept. 34 The crew of our plane began a soft shoe shuffle up and down the aisle, singing and banging an old tambourine.

1996 Sunday Tel. 4 Feb. (Sport section) 9/1 Townsend..again mesmerised the leaden-footed French with a soft-shoe shuffle.

2014 S. Ellis How to be Heroine (2015) 235 Franny and Zooey have rolled back the rug and are doing a soft shoe shuffle in rhinestone hats.

2015 Sun (Nexis) 21 Sept. (Goals section) 2 Memphis did the old soft-shoe shuffle, moving across Fonte before crashing a shot inside Maarten Stekelenburg.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

soft-shoev.

Brit.

/ˌsɒf(t)ˈʃuː/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(t)ˌʃu/,

/ˈsɑf(t)ˌʃu/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: soft-shoe n.

Etymology: < soft-shoe n.

1. intransitive and transitive with it.

a. To tread lightly, in or as in soft-soled shoes. Frequently with the implication of stealth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > softly or stealthily

stalkc1300

slinkc1374

soft-shoe1913

1913 Mod. Painter (Chicago) Jan. 46/2 A bootless Boob who soft-shoes around, telling people to look out for crooks.

1918 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 4 Sept. 3/6 The fellow you see soft shoeing around may be a pussyfooter, but the prospects are that he is a bootlegger.

1956 A. Halper Atlantic Avenue vi. 152 He'd landed on the top floor, in the hallway. He soft-shoed it down a flight, feeling safer by the minute.

1967 M. Stewart Gabriel Hounds x. 139 He..beckoned. I soft-shoed after him.

2011 J. Canter Worth 117 I soft-shoed it to the bed, took off my clothes and sidled in.

b. To dance a soft-shoe dance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > tap- or step-dancing > tap- or step-dance [verb (intransitive)]

step-dance1887

sand-dance1905

clog1925

tap-dance1929

soft-shoe1938

1938 Consolidator (Consolidated Aircraft Corp.) Jan. 17/1 The Merkeley's Musical Maids started off the festivities with a few lively numbers... Katherine Chambers soft shoed.

1975 W. McIlvanney Docherty i. xvi. 115 Only a few couples still soft-shoed around the floor.

2007 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Seven section) 6 The scene in which the monster of Young Frankenstein soft shoes it to Putting on the Ritz.

2010 C. V. Hill Tap Dancing Amer. xii. 339 He sang, sand-danced, and soft-shoed to Hoagy Carmichael's classic song, ‘Old Buttermilk Sky’.

2. transitive. To make (one's way) with light tread or by soft-shoe dancing.

ΚΠ

1915 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 288/2 He soft-shoed his way to the front door.

1981 Daily Tel. 27 Jan. 12/6 They [sc. Adele and Fred Astaire] rapidly soft-shoed their way to acclaim in musical comedies on Broadway.

1992 P. R. Naylor All but Alice xi. 113 I heard my cue—the music from Guys and Dolls—and I soft-shoed my way onstage.

Derivatives

soft-ˈshoeing n.

ΚΠ

1921 H. Day When Egypt went Broke xxv. 286 After all his years of soft-shoeing and repression in a prison, the veteran guard was taking full advantage of the wide expanses of the big outdoors.

1942 Billboard 21 Nov. 17/2 They hit even a higher mark with their eccentric tap and soft-shoeing.

2015 J. Zee & A. Giacobbe That's what Fashion Is i. 17 There's no problem that can't be fixed with a little song, some soft-shoeing, and a dance-floor-ready outfit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	soft-shoe
释义	soft-shoeadj.n. Brit. /ˌsɒf(t)ˈʃuː/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(t)ˌʃu/, /ˈsɑf(t)ˌʃu/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., shoe n. Etymology: < soft adj. + shoe n. Originally U.S. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to a dance performed in soft-soled shoes, using the toes and heels in a similar way to a tap dance; (also) designating a dance of this kind. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > tap- or step-dancing > [adjective] soft-shoe1888 1888 Boston Sunday Globe 16 Sept. 11/2 Tommy Morrissey, The ‘Kid Glove,’ soft-shoe dancer. 1927 P. Dunning & G. Abbott Broadway 9 They were a brother act, a team of soft-shoe dancers. 1941 Life 25 Aug. 74/2 George Primrose was famed as an exponent of ‘soft-shoe’ dancing 35 years ago. 1987 A. Dillard Amer. Childhood (1990) Prologue 9 He walked lightly, long-legged, like a soft-shoe hoofer barely in touch with the floor. 2014 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 25 May 1 a He sang a few bars and did a soft-shoe dance. 2. figurative, with reference to something done surreptitiously or duplicitously. ΚΠ 1902 G. Ade Girl Proposition 58 Then he did a soft-shoe Sneak and swore he would Forget her. 1965 P. O'Donnell Modesty Blaise xviii. 190 We'll make a soft-shoe job of it if we can... Straight for the diamonds..and away. 2002 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 29 May a21 The old soft-shoe routine—we're only doing our jobs to represent constituents—clearly wasn't going to hold up. B. n. Soft-shoe dancing; a soft-shoe dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > tap- or step-dancing > [noun] treble1805 clog-dance1881 step-dancing1886 step-dance1887 sand-dancea1894 soft-shoe1900 sand-dancing1905 tap-dancing1928 tap-dance1929 tap1944 tapping1944 society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] dance of Macabre?c1430 springc1450 lege de moya1529 bobc1550 lusty gallant1569 duret1613 fading1613 huckler1617 ground-measure1621 entry1631 slatter de pouchc1640 ballo1651 Irish trot1651 omnium gatheruma1652 clutterdepouch1652 upspring1654 passacaglia1659 shuffle1659 passacaille1667 flip-flap1676 chaconne1685 charmer1702 Cheshire-round1706 Louvre1729 stick dance1730 white joke1730 baby dance1744 Nancy Dawson1766 fricassee1775 bumpkin1785 Totentanz1789 Flora('s) dance1790 goombay1790 egg-dance1801 supper dance1820 Congo dance1823 slip-jig1829 bran-dance1833 roly-poly1833 Congo1835 mazy1841 furry1848 bull-dance1855 stampede1856 double-shuffling1859 frog dance1863 hokee-pokee1873 plait dance1876 slow dancing1884 snake dance1895 beast dance1900 soft-shoe1900 cakewalk1902 floral dance1911 snake dance1911 apache dance1912 grizzly bear1912 jazz dance1917 jazz dancing1917 jazz1919 wine-dance1920 camel-walk1921 furry dance1928 snake-dance1931 pas d'action1936 trance dancing1956 touch dance1965 hokey-cokey1966 moonwalk1969 moonwalking1983 Crip Walk1989 mapantsula1990 1900 N.Y. Times 8 Dec. 9/1 He can do many dances. They include buck, wing, soft shoe, cake walking, and the style known..as ‘fancy dancing.’ 1962 J. D. Salinger Franny & Zooey 180 Les and Bessie did a lovely soft-shoe on sand swiped by Boo Boo from the urn in the lobby. 1994 Where Winnipeg Mar. 5/4 Combining tap, classical ballet and softshoe, they will sweep you off your feet. 2010 C. V. Hill Tap Dancing Amer. iii. 57 They performed a soft-shoe together, multiplying syncopated accents. Compounds soft-shoe shuffle n. a soft-shoe dance; (originally) one influenced by African-American dances and performed by blackface minstrels; (in extended use, esp. in a sporting context) nimble footwork used to confound or confuse an opponent. ΚΠ 1931 Oxnard (Calif.) Daily Courier 23 Apr. Miss Snowden further danced two solo numbers ‘Buck and Wing’ and ‘Soft Shoe Shuffle.’ 1968 Austral. Q. Sept. 34 The crew of our plane began a soft shoe shuffle up and down the aisle, singing and banging an old tambourine. 1996 Sunday Tel. 4 Feb. (Sport section) 9/1 Townsend..again mesmerised the leaden-footed French with a soft-shoe shuffle. 2014 S. Ellis How to be Heroine (2015) 235 Franny and Zooey have rolled back the rug and are doing a soft shoe shuffle in rhinestone hats. 2015 Sun (Nexis) 21 Sept. (Goals section) 2 Memphis did the old soft-shoe shuffle, moving across Fonte before crashing a shot inside Maarten Stekelenburg. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). soft-shoev. Brit. /ˌsɒf(t)ˈʃuː/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(t)ˌʃu/, /ˈsɑf(t)ˌʃu/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: soft-shoe n. Etymology: < soft-shoe n. 1. intransitive and transitive with it. a. To tread lightly, in or as in soft-soled shoes. Frequently with the implication of stealth. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > softly or stealthily stalkc1300 slinkc1374 soft-shoe1913 1913 Mod. Painter (Chicago) Jan. 46/2 A bootless Boob who soft-shoes around, telling people to look out for crooks. 1918 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 4 Sept. 3/6 The fellow you see soft shoeing around may be a pussyfooter, but the prospects are that he is a bootlegger. 1956 A. Halper Atlantic Avenue vi. 152 He'd landed on the top floor, in the hallway. He soft-shoed it down a flight, feeling safer by the minute. 1967 M. Stewart Gabriel Hounds x. 139 He..beckoned. I soft-shoed after him. 2011 J. Canter Worth 117 I soft-shoed it to the bed, took off my clothes and sidled in. b. To dance a soft-shoe dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > tap- or step-dancing > tap- or step-dance [verb (intransitive)] step-dance1887 sand-dance1905 clog1925 tap-dance1929 soft-shoe1938 1938 Consolidator (Consolidated Aircraft Corp.) Jan. 17/1 The Merkeley's Musical Maids started off the festivities with a few lively numbers... Katherine Chambers soft shoed. 1975 W. McIlvanney Docherty i. xvi. 115 Only a few couples still soft-shoed around the floor. 2007 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Seven section) 6 The scene in which the monster of Young Frankenstein soft shoes it to Putting on the Ritz. 2010 C. V. Hill Tap Dancing Amer. xii. 339 He sang, sand-danced, and soft-shoed to Hoagy Carmichael's classic song, ‘Old Buttermilk Sky’. 2. transitive. To make (one's way) with light tread or by soft-shoe dancing. ΚΠ 1915 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 288/2 He soft-shoed his way to the front door. 1981 Daily Tel. 27 Jan. 12/6 They [sc. Adele and Fred Astaire] rapidly soft-shoed their way to acclaim in musical comedies on Broadway. 1992 P. R. Naylor All but Alice xi. 113 I heard my cue—the music from Guys and Dolls—and I soft-shoed my way onstage. Derivatives soft-ˈshoeing n. ΚΠ 1921 H. Day When Egypt went Broke xxv. 286 After all his years of soft-shoeing and repression in a prison, the veteran guard was taking full advantage of the wide expanses of the big outdoors. 1942 Billboard 21 Nov. 17/2 They hit even a higher mark with their eccentric tap and soft-shoeing. 2015 J. Zee & A. Giacobbe That's what Fashion Is i. 17 There's no problem that can't be fixed with a little song, some soft-shoeing, and a dance-floor-ready outfit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1888v.1913
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