buck-and-wings
buck-and-wings is the plural of buck-and-wing.
Meaning of buck-and-wing
Noun
buck-and-wing (countable and uncountable, plural buck-and-wings)
- A form of tap dance with gliding, sliding, and stomping movements performed at high speed.
- Something done during a presentation by the presenter to distract from any negative aspects.
- His abrupt changes of mood and tone disturb even as they dazzle the reader, insisting upon the urgency of Tate's subjects and upon the emotional precariousness of the situations in which he finds them.1984, Donald Revell, “The Desperate Buck and Wing: James Tate and the Failure of Ritual.”, in Western Humanities Review, volume 38, number 4, page 363
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- Buck-and-wings is the plural of buck-and-wing.
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