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toe-tapping en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Of music: having a pleasing rhythm.
    • Questions of bad taste have hung around Dear Evan Hansen since it debuted on Broadway in 2016, though such qualms were mostly drowned out by praise for Platt’s visceral live performance and the catchy Broadway-by-way-of-Christian-rock tunes from wunderkind songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (who are also responsible for the toe-tapping numbers from The Greatest Showman). 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club:

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more toe-tapping Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most toe-tapping Degree=Sup lexicographic

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toe-tapper

toe-tapping en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of toe-tap
    form of toe-tap