Breaking (slang)
Pronunciation: /break-in/
Also spelled or known as: Breakin’
Related: Break, Breakdance, Breakdancing, Bboying
What does Breaking mean?
1. A high energy acrobatic style of street dancing.
2. To perform a high energy acrobatic style of street dancing.
Example sentence: “DJ Kool Herc helped create breaking.”
Breaking Origin: Breaking is a style of street dancing that originated in the early 1970s in New York city. Breaking went mainstream after being featured in the 1983 movie “Flashdance”.
Breaking in songs:
“I was on Beat Street breaking to a Krush Groove” – Inspectah Deck, Can’t Stay Away.
“Get mistaken for a B-Boy breaking your dome” – Deacon, So Live!.