breakdancing

• break dancing, break-dancing

From break +‎ dancing.

Influenced by breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) -- breakdancers were originally those who danced to a breakdown.

breakdancing (uncountable)

1. (dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century.
   • 1998 June 7, Lola Ogunnaike, “NOTICED; Breakdancing Regains Its Footing”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Hollywood made movies about breakdancing, dancers performed at the White House and the sky seemed the limit.

• b-boying
• b-girling
• breaking

• 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pgs. 694-695.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɾeiɡˈdanθin/ [ˌbɾei̯ɣ̞ˈð̞ãn̟.θĩn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˌbɾeiɡˈdansin/ [ˌbɾei̯ɣ̞ˈð̞ãn.sĩn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθin (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansin (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: break‧dan‧cing

breakdancing m (uncountable)

1. breakdancing