Definitions
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- verb dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
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Examples
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Just don't let him tapdance in the men's room at the airport.
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Hell, get things all fixed, and then maybe ship in some Black kids to tapdance for quarters in front of casinos ... you know, make it cultural or something ...
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Zeep had started to slaver when anthrax was mentioned, but the doubts he'd been feeling from jump street had started to tapdance inside him.
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He also laughed at himself, which was endearing, and I would sit in front of the little television in my room and live vicariously through the made-up life of the Huxtables, who had celebrity guests coming through the house every few episodes to play the trombone or tapdance.
Father Fiction Donald Miller 2010
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He also laughed at himself, which was endearing, and I would sit in front of the little television in my room and live vicariously through the made-up life of the Huxtables, who had celebrity guests coming through the house every few episodes to play the trombone or tapdance.
Father Fiction Donald Miller 2010
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Has making fun of Michael Steele for doing his best tapdance in black face jumped the shark?
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He also laughed at himself, which was endearing, and I would sit in front of the little television in my room and live vicariously through the made-up life of the Huxtables, who had celebrity guests coming through the house every few episodes to play the trombone or tapdance.
Father Fiction Donald Miller 2010
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Do you really want to have to do such a tapdance for your candidate?
An Uncommitted Super-Delegate With Nice Things To Say About Hillary 2009
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It was the Florida-Michigan tapdance that sealed the deal for me against her.
Delegate Counts Suggest Hillary Needs Big Win To Impact Delegate Math 2009
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EM: Ok, let me take a moment to make a note to myself to ask you to tapdance at the next Convention.
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