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soft-shoe
(sôft′sho͞o′, sŏft′-)n.
Tap dancing performed while wearing shoes without metal taps.
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soft-shoe
n
(Dancing) (modifier) relating to a type of tap dancing performed wearing soft-soled shoes: the soft-shoe shuffle.
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soft′-shoe′
adj.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of tap dancing done in soft-soled shoes, without taps.
[1915–20]
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| Noun | 1. | soft-shoe - tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles tap dance, tap dancing - a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet |
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