tapdanced
Made shoe percussion
Tapdanced is the past tense of tapdance, to perform a style of dance characterized by rhythmic foot movements that strike the floor to produce percussive sounds, typically with metal plates on the shoes: She tapdanced her way through the audition.
Figuratively, to tapdance is to evade or deflect with verbal agility: He tapdanced around the question.
Mixed into disorder
- clickedSuddenly comprehended
- hoofedHaving hard feet
- performedDid as required
- entertainedProvided amusement to
danced · syncopated · Broadway · vaudeville · spotlight · stage · routine · number
Suddenly comprehended
- clackedMade sharp striking sounds
- rattledDisturbed and unsettled
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
percussion · syncopation · metallic · staccato · crisp · echoed · resonated · cadence
Avoided by moving aside
- dodgedAvoided by quick movement
- avoidedDeliberately stayed away from
- deflectedCaused to veer off
- skirtedAvoided by going around
circumvented · hedged · waffled · equivocated · evaded · danced around · maneuvered · finessed
shuffled
Mixed into disorder
entertained · danced · syncopated · Broadway · vaudeville · spotlight · stage · routine · number · showstopper
clicked
Suddenly comprehended
rhythm · percussion · syncopation · metallic · staccato · crisp · echoed · resonated · cadence · tempo
sidestepped
Avoided by moving aside
skirted · circumvented · hedged · waffled · equivocated · evaded · danced around · maneuvered · finessed · stalled