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toe-tapping

toe-tapping adjective: of music: having a pleasing rhythm. Also the present participle and gerund of toe-tap.

Adjective

toe-tapping (comparative more toe-tapping, superlative most toe-tapping)

  1. (idiomatic) Of music: having a pleasing rhythm.
    • Questions of bad taste have hung around Dear Evan Hansen since it debuted on Broadway in 2016, though such qualms were mostly drowned out by praise for Platt’s visceral live performance and the catchy Broadway-by-way-of-Christian-rock tunes from wunderkind songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul...2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club

Also used as

toe-tapping is also the present participle and gerund of toe-tap.

Forms of toe-tapping

comparativemore toe-tapping
superlativemost toe-tapping

Questions about toe-tapping

What does toe-tapping mean?
Toe-tapping means of music: having a pleasing rhythm.
What part of speech is toe-tapping?
Toe-tapping is an adjective.

Words near toe-tapping in the dictionary

  1. toe-tags
  2. toe-tap
  3. toe-tapped
  4. toe-tapper
  5. toe-tappers
  6. toe-tapping
  7. toe-tappingly
  8. toe-taps
  9. toe-to-toe
  10. toe-winged beetle
  11. toe-winged beetles

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