a complicated, fast tap dance
buck and wing
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buck-and-wing
noun
A style of step dance featuring energetic leg and arm movements and typically performed in wooden-soled shoes, popular in the 19th-century United States and considered an early form of tap dance.
Origin of buck-and-wing
From buck (dance) (pigeon) wing a dance step in which the performer jumps up and strikes one leg against the other while in the airTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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