toe tap
Beat-keeping gesture
A toe tap is the rhythmic striking of the toe against a surface, often an unconscious gesture of impatience, nervousness, or keeping time with music.
In dance, toe taps are deliberate percussive movements, especially in tap dancing where metal plates on the shoes create the sound.
As a verb, to toe tap is to perform this motion: She toe-tapped through the waiting room, anxious for news.
- soft shoeTap without taps
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- clickBrief sharp noise
- heelFoot's rear underside
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
floor · dance floor · shoe · ball change · impatient · waiting · nervous · nervous habit · fidget · percussion · metal · syncopation · keeping time · footwork · step · Broadway · Gene Kelly · Fred Astaire
- tapsfaucet, spigot, stopcock, valve, touch
- dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha
- ball skillsdribbling, crossover, ball control, stepover, throwing
- battingbatting, batter, batsman, bat speed, batting average
- footworkpivot turn, sidestep, shuffle, slide, crossover
- jump rope tricksdouble bounce, criss cross, scissors, foot switch, half turn
toe tapstomp
Tread heavily
stamp · weight transfer · leap · jump · grand jeté
toe tapstanding still
Absence of motion
motionlessness · stillness · sitting still · immobility · grand gesture