HOOFING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures

Synonyms:

hoofing; step dancing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hoofing" is a kind of...):

dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)

Meronyms (parts of "hoofing"):

dance step; step (a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoofing"):

tap dance; tap dancing (a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet)