Break-dancing
a style of acrobatic dancing originating in the mid-1970s, often performed to rap music usually by teenage males in the streets, and characterized by intricate footwork, pantomime, spinning headstands, tumbling, and elaborate improvised virtuosic movements.
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having income exactly equal to expenditure, thus showing neither profit nor loss. break-even point. Energy. the stage at which a fission or fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining. to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase. to infringe, ignore, or act contrary to (a law, rule, promise, etc.): […]
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