buck-and-wing
Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun A solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps.
Examples
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Doc's part in the evening's entertainment was a buck-and-wing dance of a most violent sort, and when he had finished, Jarrow told him to serve all hands with a tot of rum.
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Yet, Sally, jolted by the train, which towards the small hours seemed to be trying out some new buck-and-wing steps of its own invention, slept ill, and presently, as she lay awake, there came to her bedside the Spectre of Doubt, gaunt and questioning.
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In a live feed where news is breaking, they buck-and-wing while research staffs scramble to Google up information to make them look a little less piteous.
Note
This term may be imitative of the dancer's movements.
