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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A dance in which the dancer clicks metal taps fixed to the heels and toes of the shoes in rhythm against the floor.

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  • noun A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks

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  • verb perform a tap dance
  • noun a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet

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  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

    noun

    Date: 1928

    a step dance tapped out audibly by means of shoes with hard soles or soles and heels to which taps have been added

    February 4, 2008