footwork
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footwork
- /ˈfʊt.wɜːk/ UK, US
noun footworks
- Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing. The dancer impressed the crowd with his fancy footwork.
- A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s. In April, DJ Rashad, a Chicago-based producer and pioneer of the increasingly popular footwork genre, died in a drug-related accident.
- Finesse. It took some fancy footwork to make it all happen.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: floorwork, footmanship, finger work, footpace, toeing, legwork, dance step, foot-tapping, pace, kick, figure, foot-travel, footing, plant foot, footstrike, dance move
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noun any intricate or complex movement of the feet, especially as in sport or dancing
| Español | trabajo podal, juego de pies |
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noun subgenre of juke
| Русский | футво́рк futvórk |
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Talk about this word "footwork." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/footwork. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. footwork. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/footwork "footwork." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/footwork.Cite this
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title = {footwork},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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