A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
Blocks or slabs of rock which have fallen from the ceiling of a cave A very common feature of many caves, breakdown blocks may be small or they may be as big as schoolbuses In either case, they form the floor of many passageways and must be climbed over or through to continue exploration They may also form a terminal collapse, where, although further passage is suspected to lie on the far side of the breakdown pile, they form an impenetrable barrier to further exploration Some cavers have made a name for themselves in caving circles by pushing through seemingly terminal breakdown to find a way onward; however, this type of "pushing" is dangerous and should not be attempted by novice cavers
the process of breaking an opponent beneath you to his stomach or side This often makes turning him over for a pin easier
The division of circulation as to types of business or industry reached, the functions or titles of recipients, and/or their demographic characteristics or geographical location
the disruptive discharge through insulation due to failure under electrostatic stress
Identification of the smallest activities or task in a job according to a defined procedure
(1) The separation of files into such basic types as General Correspondence, Case Files, Case Working Papers, Technical References Materials, Convenience Copies, and the like The internal arrangement of basic file types by such filing features as names, places, numbers, dates, or subject categories The division or subdivision of subject categories into successively more specific classes
a musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre
The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending. the breakdown of talks between the US and EU officials. the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage = collapse
If you have a breakdown, you become very depressed, so that you are unable to cope with your life. My personal life was terrible. My mother had died, and a couple of years later I had a breakdown see also nervous breakdown
Unexpected or unwanted results obtained from an effort to accomplish a task; may include the lack of accomplishment of the task