💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cut the rug"
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| Word | Definition |
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| break dancenoun | Alternative form of breakdance. [The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.] |
| break-dancenoun | Alternative form of breakdance. [The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.] |
| belly-dancenoun | Alternative form of belly dance. [A form of dance originating in the Middle East and characterized by movements of the torso.] |
| slam danceverb | Alternative form of slam-dance. [To dance in this style.] |
| bump n' grindnoun | Alternative spelling of bump and grind. [(idiomatic) A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance.] |
| tapdancenoun | Alternative form of tap-dance. [To perform a tap dance] |
| rootchverb | (US, informal, especially Pennsylvania) To root or rummage around (in search of something). |
| rutschnoun | Alternative form of rutch (“squirm”). [(US, archaic in Yorkshire, informal) To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.] |
| bump-n'-grindnoun | Alternative spelling of bump and grind. [(idiomatic) A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance.] |
| toedanceverb | Alternative form of toe-dance. [To dance on en pointe or on the balls of one's feet.] |
| turkey-trotnoun | Alternative form of turkey trot. [A dance popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, consisting of exaggerated bird-like movements performed to fast-paced ragtime music.] |
| cut a swatheverb | Alternative spelling of cut a swath. |
| buckdancenoun | Alternative spelling of buck dance. [(dance, African-American Vernacular) A type of African American traditional clogging.] |
| rhumbanoun | Alternative spelling of rumba. [A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.] |
| shimmeynoun | Alternative form of shimmy. [A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.] |
| cut a wide swatheverb | Alternative spelling of cut a wide swath. [(chiefly US) To clear a broad track through a grassland, woodland, geographical region, or other area, either by natural means or by human action.] |
| do the roundsverb | Alternative form of make the rounds. [To circulate from one place to another.] |
| skidaddleverb | Alternative form of skedaddle. [(informal, intransitive, US) To move or run away quickly.] |
| jumpcutnoun | Alternative spelling of jump cut. [(film) A cinematographic edit in which a single continuous sequential shot of a subject is broken into two parts, with a piece of footage being removed in order to render the effect of jumping forward in time.] |
| leap-frognoun | Alternative form of leapfrog. [(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.] |
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