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单词 buck-and-wing
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Definition of buck-and-wing in English:

buck-and-wing

noun
US historical
  • A lively solo tap dance, performed typically in wooden-soled shoes.

    as modifier buck-and-wing dance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A large, crowded party (without an audio track) thus sounds like a troop of chipmunks dancing a buck-and-wing in a thatched roof.
    • That is why Hayakawa, 73, takes regular tap lessons, frequently practicing his steps before a mirror to make certain his buck-and-wings are smooth.
    • A buck-and-wing is a solo tap dance with many leg flings and leaps.
    • The ancient dances of America haven't such roots, nor such vitality; and we may have to become much more simple, or much more sophisticated, before we will proceed naturally to buck-and-wing and cakewalk and the ordinary breakdown on the floor of the Palais Royal.
    • Joplin was obviously familiar with virtuosic pianism, as well as the minstrels’ ‘plantation melodies,’ cakewalks, buck-and-wings and jigs, prior to his professional start in St. Louis in 1885.
 
 

Definition of buck-and-wing in US English:

buck-and-wing

nounˌbəkənˈwiNG
US historical
  • A lively solo tap dance, typically done in wooden-soled shoes.

    as modifier buck-and-wing dance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Joplin was obviously familiar with virtuosic pianism, as well as the minstrels’ ‘plantation melodies,’ cakewalks, buck-and-wings and jigs, prior to his professional start in St. Louis in 1885.
    • A buck-and-wing is a solo tap dance with many leg flings and leaps.
    • The ancient dances of America haven't such roots, nor such vitality; and we may have to become much more simple, or much more sophisticated, before we will proceed naturally to buck-and-wing and cakewalk and the ordinary breakdown on the floor of the Palais Royal.
    • A large, crowded party (without an audio track) thus sounds like a troop of chipmunks dancing a buck-and-wing in a thatched roof.
    • That is why Hayakawa, 73, takes regular tap lessons, frequently practicing his steps before a mirror to make certain his buck-and-wings are smooth.
 
 
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