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hoofer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stepper |
| Type of | dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean |
| Derivation | hoof |
Examples of hoofer
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He was a dancing machine, a haunting and robotic hoofer to be reckoned with.
From the washingtontimes.com
Veteran hip-hop dancer Armstrong is a more accomplished hoofer than actress.
From the sacbee.com
As a dancer she had that elegance but she was also a real old-style hoofer.
From the sfgate.com
For a high-kicking hoofer, Shirley MacLaine put her foot in a strange place last week.
From the time.com
Who knew that America's first president was such a hoofer?
From the washingtonpost.com
It also doesn't hurt that in Kelley, Shankman has discovered a prodigious hoofer of the old school.
From the edition.cnn.com
Monroe was typecast in the film as a simple hoofer, but off-camera she apparently was rather complicated.
From the courier-journal.com
Here he's funny, likeable and a terrific hoofer.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Pie scoffing hoofer, getting rid of that overweight waste of space is the best thing that happened for Liverpool.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A professional dancer
- (hoofing) step dancing: dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures
- Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by a tapping sound that is created from metal plates that are attached to both the ball and heel of the dancer's shoe. These metal plates, when tapped against a hard surface, create a percussive sound and as such the dancers are considered to be musicians.
- Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm (jazz) tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses on dance; it is widely performed in musical theater. Rhythm tap focuses on musicality, and practitioners consider themselves to be a part of the Jazz tradition.
- Good ie "hoofing scran"
- A term used for a dancer of the 1920's, and later not just any dancer, but became specifically to refer to a tap dancer.
- Dancer; "Mary Tyler Moore was a hoofer before she got into acting."
- Hoofer is a wildebeest who originated in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.
