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soft-shoe

Syllabification: (soft-shoe)
Definition of soft-shoe

noun

  • a kind of tap dance performed in soft-soled shoes:he could dance a jig or a soft-shoe [as modifier]:a soft-shoe shuffle

verb

[no object]
  • perform a soft-shoe dance.
  • move quietly and carefully so as not to draw attention to oneself:I soft-shoed after him figurativehe soft-shoed into a safer topic of conversation

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