Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing.

    The dancer impressed the crowd with his fancy footwork.

    The horses impressed the riders with their unerring footwork, and the mountain goats simply astounded everyone with their surefootedness.

  2. (uncountable, usually)A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.

    футво́ркfutvórk

  3. (informal, uncountable, usually)Finesse.

    It took some fancy footwork to make it all happen.

More definitions
  • skillful maneuvering or dealing
  • the manner of using the feet

Examples

2 sentences
  1. She has good footwork.

    Вона добре працює ногами.

    ruОна хорошо работает ногами.

    deSie hat eine gute Beinarbeit.

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  2. City's skilful and elusive winger beat two players with agile footwork before whipping in an early cross to the near post.

    deDer erfahrene und trickreiche Außenstürmer von City setzte sich mit wendiger Fußarbeit gegen zwei Spieler durch und schlug eine frühe Flanke zum kurzen Pfosten.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
subgenre of juke:

Forms

plural: footworks
Singularfootwork

uncountable

Word family

6 related words

See also

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