barwalking en · NOUN
Etymology
From bar + walking.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A form of showmanship in which a musician stands on the bar
He sang in an urgent, desperate sort of chant, and on saxophone he exaggerated the squealing sharpness of the R & B barwalking tradition.
2003 October 31, Peter Margasak, “Punk Primer/Postscripts”, in Chicago Reader: