footwork

/ˈfʊt.wɜːk/

Etymology

From foot + work.

footwork means any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.

footwork is pronounced /ˈfʊt.wɜːk/.

noun

Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing.“The dancer impressed the crowd with his fancy footwork.”
A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.“In April, DJ Rashad, a Chicago-based producer and pioneer of the increasingly popular footwork genre, died in a drug-related accident.”
Finesse.“It took some fancy footwork to make it all happen.”