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Meanings of b-boying in English

Russian
брэйк
Portuguese
b-girl
Spanish
break-dance
Catalan
break dance
Wikidata

Style of street dance.

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        брэйк
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        Examples for "breaking"
        Examples for "breaking"
        1
        Mould-breaking new political parties have regularly come and gone in British politics.
        The Guardian
        2
        Without new technology, however, record breaking attempts are liable to end sadly.
        BBC
        3
        The app includes breaking news, sport content and access to business news.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Dellow said often parties were not aware they were breaking the law.
        Radio NZ
        5
        However, within hours of the news breaking, another story started to emerge.
        News.com.au
        1
        The chance to relive the pioneering days of breakdancing in Britain.
        The Guardian
        2
        The effect is disconcerting, like opening a tomb and finding a breakdancing mummy.
        The Atrocity Archives
        3
        Now I do hip-hop, jazz and tap, as well as tumbling and breakdancing.
        Radio NZ
        4
        Then learn some elaborate dance, like tap or breakdancing, or any combination thereof.
        The Guardian
        5
        From the start, UK breakdancing was on a different course from the US version.
        The Guardian
        1
        I seen people in a business suit break dance, pop and lock.
        The new yorker
        2
        Changes in hip-hop's tastes dealt break dance, better known as breaking, a pretty rough body blow.
        Wired
        3
        Before, prayer had involved bouncing on and off my knees so fast it resembled a break dance move.
        Lit: a memoir
        4
        From soundsystems to DJs and repurposed vinyl to graffiti, insurrection and break dance, it attacked the mainstream using a variety of invigorating elements.
        Wired
        5
        She never danced with a mop or did break dancing in her good jumper.
        The Irish Times
        1
        They'd hurry and get in home fore the day be breakin'.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        2
        If they ain't got enough in 'em to fight when they're bein' broke, they ain't generally worth breakin'.
        When A Man's A Man
        3
        I'll go get a judge myself about you breakin' into my home.
        Homicide: a year on the killing streets
        4
        It's only de pain of de leg breakin' out in bad words.
        Derrick Sterling: A Story of the Mines
        5
        I told him the story between sobs, breakin' down every few words.
        McClure's Magazine December, 1895
        Usage of b-boying in English
        1
        The 2007 film focused on the international world of b-boying, commonly known in the U.S. as breakdancing.
        Reuters