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step dancing

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

Meaning of step dance

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To perform a step dance.
    • […] place, where we boxed, played skittles, step-danced — a place in which I could say to all these dear street-corner, out-of-work people, "Come in and spend […]1903, Charles Edward Osborne, The life of Father Dolling, E. Arnold, page 254

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Questions about step dancing

What is step dancing the present participle and gerund of?
Step dancing is the present participle and gerund of step dance.

Words near step dancing in the dictionary

  1. step climbing
  2. step climbs
  3. step dance
  4. step danced
  5. step dances
  6. step dancing
  7. step deal
  8. step deals
  9. step down
  10. step families
  11. step family

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