soft shoe
soft shoe noun: a kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville.
Noun
soft shoe (uncountable)
- A kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville.
- Between Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Newley there's a delightful exhibition of the dances and their origin dating gack a few hundred years, from the clog to the buck, the wing, and the buck and wing, and on to the old soft shoe and more.1966 Jan. 15, "Sunday (TV listings)," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p. 19 (retrieved 5 Oct 2008)
- Like the technically astounding and spiritually hollow production numbers, however, [Emily] Blunt can't situate the sentimental energy in a deeper foundation. Her excellence gets left in a sort of vacuum when paired with the fully extraneous train wreck of a visit with Meryl Streep as kooky Poppins...2018 December 12, Charles Bramesco, “A Spoonful of Nostalgia Helps the Calculated Mary Poppins Returns Go Down”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 24 May 2019
- A speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone.
- Is the salesman's soft-shoe appropriate in a time of national mourning?2001 November 26, Adam Piore, “Red, White And What A Deal!”, in Newsweek, retrieved 01 May 2014
Adjective
soft shoe (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to this kind of dancing.
- Casual, low-key, easy-going.
- Occasionally criticized for his soft-shoe approach (e.g., he urged the President to avoid a public squabble with Joe McCarthy), Persons nonetheless won many a legislator over to the Administration side.1958 October 6, “Mellow Man in Charge”, in Time, retrieved 05 Oct 2008
Verb
soft shoe (third-person singular simple present soft shoes, present participle soft shoeing, simple past and past participle soft shoed)
- To perform a dance of this kind.
soft shoe meaning in Bengali
soft shoe in Bengali
- কাউকে প্ররোচিত করার জন্য, ব্যাখ্যা, পণ্য বিক্রির চেষ্টা, বা অন্যান্য মন্তব্য, নৈমিত্তিক, শান্ত
Forms of soft shoe
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | softshoe |
| alternative form | soft-shoe |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | soft shoes |
| present participle | soft shoeing |
| past participle | soft shoed |
| past | soft shoed |
Questions about soft shoe
- What does soft shoe mean?
- Soft shoe means a kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville.
- What is soft shoe in Bengali?
- Soft shoe in Bengali is কাউকে প্ররোচিত করার জন্য, ব্যাখ্যা, পণ্য বিক্রির চেষ্টা. See Soft shoe meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is soft shoe?
- Soft shoe can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
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