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breakdancer

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

One who breakdances.

Equivalents

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Nederlandsbreakdancer

Examples

“Dr. Herbert Schwartz, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Chicago Hospital, said he had treated five breakdancers who broke arms trying to support⟳ their body weight by standing on one hand.”
“Such scenes were common 15 years ago, when no street corner or subway platform was safe from bandanna-wearing breakdancers and their behemoth boom boxes.”
“If the family had owned an allotment or even the smallest patch of grass anywhere on the estate they could call⟳ their own⟳, Zoe would have⟳ dug a little grave with a spoon, lowered her little friend into the hole and made a headstone with a lolly stick⟳. Gingernut, Much loved Hamster, Expert breakdancer, And sometime bodypopper.”
“An Olympic refugee team breakdancer used the first breaking battle in Olympic history to deliver⟳ a message to her home country.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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