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toe-dances

toe-dances is the plural of toe-dance.

toe-dances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of toe-dance.

Meaning of toe-dance

Noun

toe-dance (plural toe-dances)

  1. (literally) A dance performed on the toes.
    • For the first number Bob presented another Bob, namely Bob Murphy, a Cambridge boy who started things going with a snappy toe-dance.1935, Conrad Aiken, King Coffin, page 206
  2. (figuratively) An act of avoiding an issue.
    • Re Guy Davenport's toe-dance around Joan Didion's brilliant Rum River [May 7]: save the non-reviews for the non-books.1963, National Review - Volume 14, page 471

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Questions about toe-dances

What is toe-dances the plural of?
Toe-dances is the plural of toe-dance.

Words near toe-dances in the dictionary

  1. toe-crushing
  2. toe-curling
  3. toe-curlingly
  4. toe-dance
  5. toe-danced
  6. toe-dances
  7. toe-dancing
  8. toe-dip
  9. toe-dipped
  10. toe-dipping
  11. toe-dips

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