breakdancing
English
noun
Definitions
- (dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century.
Etymology
Compound from English break (break, game won against the server) + English dancing.
Origin
English
dancing
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bio-break English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break loose English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breaker English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfast English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakneck English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- crossbreak English
- dancing English
- dancingly English
- firebreak English
- forbreak English
- heartbreak English
- housebreak English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- lunchbreak English
- microbreak English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- nanobreak English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- nondancing English
- outbreak English
- overbreak English
- pole dancing English
- prebreak English
- rebreak English
- ropedancing English
- shelfbreak English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- sunbreak English
- tiebreak English
- tobreak English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- undancing English
- underbreak English
- upbreak English
- waterbreak English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- breikata Finnish
- break Italian
- break French
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- ブレイク Japanese
- breken Middle English
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- break
- breaky
- breakly
- breaker
- bebreak
- breakup
- tobreak
- inbreak
- brickle
- upbreak
- rebreak
- dancing
- unbreak
- breakle
- sunbreak
- breakest
- breakoff
- breakage
- prebreak
- tiebreak
- forbreak
- un-break
- outbreak
- breaketh
- breakface
- breakcore
- nanobreak
- break off
- breakneck
- minibreak
- breakaway
- bio-break
- dancingly
- newsbreak
- breakfast
- windbreak
- beambreak
- breakthru
- breakable
- jailbreak
- breakless
- break-vow
- firebreak
- breakwind
- breaktime
- brokeback
- breakopen
- breakbeat
- breakbone
- overbreak
- undancing
- breakfront
- mini-break
- stonebreak
- word break
- lunchbreak
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- microbreak
- underbreak
- nondancing
- breakwater
- breakpoint
- housebreak
- breakproof
- breakstone
- heartbreak
- shelfbreak
- crossbreak
- breakdance
- break-bones
- unbreakable
- breaker bar
- ropedancing
- brake pedal
- break loose
- strikebreak
- breakthrough
- pole dancing
- breakability
- break-promise
- midterm break