soft-shoe

soft-shoe
   a clandestine or indirect approach
   From the silence of the tread and the association with shuffling:
    Doing the same soft-shoe as you, talking to me about something else, then trying to slide this Litiplex name in so I wouldn't notice. (Turow, 1993)

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  • soft shoe — «SFT SHOO, SOFT », verb, shoed, shoe|ing, adjective. –v.i. to dance or move as if dancing the soft shoe: »We soft shoed out and, in a corridor adjoining the gym, were introduced to a lady (New Yorker). –adj. of or having to do with the soft shoe …   Useful english dictionary

  • soft-shoe — soft′ shoe′ adj. mad of, pertaining to, or characteristic of tap dancing done in soft soled shoes, without taps • Etymology: 1915–20 …   From formal English to slang

  • soft-shoe — [sôft′sho͞o΄] adj. designating a kind of tap dancing done without metal taps on the shoes …   English World dictionary

  • soft shoe — 1. noun a) A kind of tap dancing performed in soft soled shoes, popular in vaudeville. Between Mr. OConnor and Mr. Newley theres a delightful exhibition of the dances and their origin dating gack a few hundred years, from the clog to the buck,… …   Wiktionary

  • soft-shoe — noun tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑soft shoe shuffle, ↑soft shoe dancing • Hypernyms: ↑tap dancing, ↑tap dance …   Useful english dictionary

  • soft-shoe dancing — noun tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles • Syn: ↑soft shoe, ↑soft shoe shuffle • Hypernyms: ↑tap dancing, ↑tap dance …   Useful english dictionary

  • soft-shoe shuffle — noun tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles • Syn: ↑soft shoe, ↑soft shoe dancing • Hypernyms: ↑tap dancing, ↑tap dance …   Useful english dictionary

  • soft-shoe shuffle — /ˌsɒft ʃu ˈʃʌfəl/ (say .soft shooh shufuhl) noun 1. tap dancing in shoes with soft soles without metal taps, on a stage covered with a layer of sand to produce an audible swishing sound; popular especially in comic routines in vaudeville and the… …  

  • soft-shoe — /sawft shooh , soft /, adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of tap dancing done in soft soled shoes, without taps. [1915 20] * * * …   Universalium

  • soft-shoe — adjective Date: 1920 of or relating to tap dancing done in soft soled shoes without metal taps …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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