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buck dancing

buck dancing is the present participle and gerund of buck dance.

Meaning of buck dance

Verb

buck dance (third-person singular simple present buck dances, present participle buck dancing, simple past and past participle buck danced)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) To dance in a particular style of African American traditional clogging.

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Questions about buck dancing

What is buck dancing the present participle and gerund of?
Buck dancing is the present participle and gerund of buck dance.

Words near buck dancing in the dictionary

  1. buck converter
  2. buck converters
  3. buck dance
  4. buck danced
  5. buck dances
  6. buck dancing
  7. buck down
  8. buck fence
  9. buck fences
  10. buck fever
  11. buck fifties

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