relating to a type of tap dancing performed wearing soft-soled shoes
the soft-shoe shuffle
soft-shoe in American English
(ˈsɔftˌʃu)
adjective
designating a kind of tap-dancing done without metal taps on the shoes
soft-shoe in American English
(ˈsɔftˈʃuː, ˈsɑft-)
adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of tap dancing done in soft-soled shoes, without taps
Word origin
[1915–20]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: conditioning, costar, decoder, soviet, stockpile
Examples of 'soft-shoe' in a sentence
soft-shoe
Blink and you miss a soft-shoe shuffle.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Her triple-jointed limbs buckle around her as she capers, quietens, throws a soft-shoe shuffle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The sight of him soft-shoe-shuffling is one that will long stay with me.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
The reel is the more balletic soft-shoe part of the dance, and not the clickety-clickety hardshoe bit.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was a voracious consumer of biographies and current affairs, and one of his party tricks was the soft-shoe shuffle.