Definitions

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  • noun A rhythmic tapping of the foot, especially in time to music
  • adjective music Having an insistent rhythm; catchy

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Examples

  • Waiting in the wings, we would be foot-tapping and thinking “Just sing already!”

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • Common strategies include noting your arousal signs headaches, foot-tapping, tension, and then counting to 10 and slowing the breath; and working out what you are commonly dwelling on in moments of rage and thinking about something else.

    Does anger management help? 2011

  • Waiting in the wings, we would be foot-tapping and thinking “Just sing already!”

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • Local five-piece combo Modus play a live set of Hammond-based jazz, rare groove and foot-tapping soul, while DJs Loveless and Paul Paterson mix both vintage and modern music.

    Clubs picks of the week 2011

  • Waiting in the wings, we would be foot-tapping and thinking “Just sing already!”

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • Sitting on the edge of his seat, foot-tapping trombonist Cole Overturf, 12, eagerly waited for his concert band practice to begin at McLean High School recently.

    Vienna band camp has kept Fairfax County youths in tune for more than 30 years 2010

  • Sitting on the edge of his seat, foot-tapping trombonist Cole Overturf, 12, eagerly waited for his concert band practice to begin at McLean High School recently.

    Vienna band camp has kept Fairfax County youths in tune for more than 30 years 2010

  • Things like bandanas, foot-tapping, hiring an escort to carry our luggage.

    Bryan Safi: That's Gay: Hooking Up On Your iPhone (VIDEO) 2010

  • A dog with a tag on its collar reading 'Bear' and a bear with a tag on its collar reading 'Dog' showed up at Luka's door afterwards Luka would wonder exactly how they had found their way there and Dog the bear began to twirl and jig enthusiastically while Bear the dog yowled out a foot-tapping melody.

    'Luka and the Fire of Life' 2010

  • EX-FLORIDA GOP CHAIRMAN ARRESTED - No pages, no mistresses, no bathroom foot-tapping, just a good ol 'fashioned corruption charge.

    HUFFPOST HILL - JUNE 2ND, 2010 2010

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