footwork

noun

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.”

   “Everton defender Distin then demonstrated neat footwork to evade a succession of challenges inside the area before sending a rising, angled effort narrowly off target.”

2. (uncountable, usually)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.”

3. (informal, uncountable, usually)Finesse.

   “It took some fancy footwork to make it all happen.”