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PRONUNCIATION OF BUCK AND WING

buck and wing play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUCK AND WING

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Buck and wing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUCK AND WING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of buck and wing in the English dictionary

The definition of buck and wing in the dictionary is a boisterous tap dance, derived from Black and Irish clog dances.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUCK AND WING

buck
buck fever
Buck House
buck private
buck rabbit
buck rarebit
buck sergeant
buck teeth
buck up
buck-naked
buck-toothed
buck´s fizz
buck´s horn plantain
buck´s night
buck´s party
buckaroo
buckbean
buckboard
buckbrush
bucked

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUCK AND WING

bastard wing
delta wing
drawing
flying wing
following
growing
gull wing
knowing
left wing
on the wing
remand wing
right wing
showing
swing
take wing
top-security wing
under one´s wing
viewing
wing
wing and wing

Synonyms and antonyms of buck and wing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «buck and wing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUCK AND WING

Find out the translation of buck and wing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of buck and wing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «buck and wing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

降压和翼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

buck y el ala
570 millions of speakers

English

buck and wing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिरन और पंख
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

باك و الجناح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Бак и крыло
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fanfarrão e asa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বক এবং উইং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

argent et l´aile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buck dan sayap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Buck und Flügel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

降圧翼
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벅 날개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Buck lan swiwi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buck và cánh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பக் மற்றும் விங்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोक आणि विंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kova ve kanat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buck e ala
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Buck i skrzydło
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Бак і крило
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Buck și aripa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

buck και φτερό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bok en die vleuel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

buck och vinge
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Buck og vinge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of buck and wing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUCK AND WING»

The term «buck and wing» is used very little and occupies the 168.725 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUCK AND WING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about buck and wing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUCK AND WING»

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1
Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing
The connection with the term "wing," as in buck and wing, generally suggests that the wild footwork was accompanied by a flapping of the arms, and that the steps were syncopated. At the turn of the 19th century, buck and wing was used as ...
Mark Knowles, 2002
2
Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History
This is the second year he has won the prize, which is awarded by the Old Kentucky company and consists of a silver medal.25 The social entertainments announced in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in that period reveal dozens of buck-and- wing ...
Constance Valis Hill, 2009
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On James Tate
This essay originally appeared in Western Humanities Review 38, no. 4 (i984) and is reprinted by permission of the author. This is how I bend over backward to tie my The Desperate Buck and Wing: James Tate and Failure of Rimal DONALD  ...
Brian Henry, 2004
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Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band
6 Another old-time dancer whom they cite stated in a 1932 interview that the buck -and-wing was a “bastard dance, with a little of this and a little of that all mixed” The most we can conclude without making a doctoral dissertation of it is that it ...
Lawrence Gushee, 2005
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The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics: The Collected ...
2 Buck Dancer's Choice A buck dancer is one who dances the buck-and- wing. From The Dictionary of American Regional English: buck-and-wing, n. . . . Also buck (dance) ... A lively dance usually performed by one person. The word wing ...
Robert Hunter, David G. Dodd, John Barlow, 2005
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Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance
Introduced on the New York stage in 1880 by James Mclntyre, the Buck and Wing began to swing— unlike the Clog, which preceded it— and launched a new style of Negro-derived dancing. As it surfaced in those days, the Buck was close to a ...
Marshall Winslow Stearns, Jean Stearns, 1968
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Pioneers of Jazz : The Story of the Creole Band: The Story ...
5 Where the Oxford English Dictionary pretty much strikes out on the term “buck- and-wing,” with its earliest entry from , Marshall and Jean Stearns in their much-laudedJazz Dance cite Jim McIntyre, one of the most noted of latter-day ...
Urbana-Champaign (Emeritus) Lawrence Gushee Professor of Music University of Illinois, 2005
8
Gymnastic and Folk Dancing: Clogs & jigs
For instance, at the first lesson present the first step of Buck and Wing and one or at most two of the steps from "Explanation of Steps!' Teach the Buck and Wing completely by the ninth lesson, presenting one step at each lesson. Use the tenth  ...
Mary Wood Hinman, 1922
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Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World
As for “Buck and Wing” and “Cotton-Pickers' Shuffle,” the latter ofwhich does not seem to have survived, both titles refer to popular African-American dance styles, and in the spirit ofthe jazzy music it emulates, “Buck and Wing” quotes at one ...
Howard Pollack, 2012
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Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World
As for “Buck and Wing” and “Cotton-Pickers' Shuffle,” the latter ofwhich does not seem to have survived, both titles refer to popular African-American dance styles, and in the spirit ofthe jazzy music it emulates, “Buck and Wing” quotes at one ...
Howard Pollack, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUCK AND WING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term buck and wing is used in the context of the following news items.
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James Weldon Johnson's Call for Cultural Parity in 1921
For generations the "buck and wing" and the "stop-time" dances, which are strictly Negro, have been familiar to American theater audiences. «MetroJacksonville.com, Jun 15»
2
Here's Some Stupid For Lunch
had done a buck and wing on his dick and came up with some damage control that was even dumber than the damage it was attempting to ... «Esquire.com, May 15»
3
Lex Allen Literary Festival
... Southern Poetry Review, A Fierce Brightness: Twenty-five Years of Women's Poetry, and Buck and Wing. «Roanoker, Jan 15»
4
WNC's best-known emcee, Joe Bly starts 3rd career at 87
“Boys from Lee Edwards (precursor to Asheville High School) learned moves like the buck and wing, like they did in the minstrel shows or like ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Dec 14»
5
Joffrey Ballet School Sets 2015 Summer Programs
... students will study tap history from the contemporary tap masters, as well as, classes in Soft-Shoe, Clogging, Buck and Wing, Classical Tap, ... «Broadway World, Oct 14»
6
Joffrey Ballet School Launches Four New Summer Intensives in …
... students will study tap history from the contemporary tap masters, as well as, classes in Soft-Shoe, Clogging, Buck and Wing, Classical Tap, ... «PR Web, Oct 14»
7
The art & world of tap
Admit that, occasionally, you wouldn't mind hoofing a buck and wing or shuffle yourself. Indelibly etched black and white flashback images of Fred and Ginger, ... «Common Ground.ca, Jul 14»
8
Tommy Rall Did It All!
He was a veritable chameleon on the dance floor; as comfortable executing a tour-jete or a burlesque buck and wing as he was propelling ... «Modern Times Magazine, Jul 14»
9
Tennessee Mafia Jug Band Plays Carter Fold's Foot Stompin' Friday
Ernie learned a mean “butter paddle buck and wing” from the late Chick Stripling. If the Jug Band can be said to have a brain, that would be ... «Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News, Jun 14»
10
Here Are Highlights From the Scathing New York Times Review of …
As the young girl collapses to the floor and dies in the midst of another Shirley Temple-esque buck and wing, her mother breaks into laughter ... «Gawker, May 14»

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