soft-shoe

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawft, soft shoo]
- /sɔft, sɒft ʃu/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawft, soft shoo]
- /sɔft, sɒft ʃu/

Definitions of soft-shoe word

adjective soft-shoe of, relating to, or characteristic of tap dancing done in soft-soled shoes, without taps. 1
noun soft-shoe relating to a type of tap dancing performed wearing soft-soled shoes 0
adjective soft-shoe designating a kind of tap-dancing done without metal taps on the shoes 0

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Origin of soft-shoe

First appearance:

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20

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Parts of speech for Soft-shoe

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Soft-shoe

soft-shoe popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.