Number
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good number | good tap |
| correct | correct number | correct tap |
| single | single number | single tap |
| small | small number | small tap |
| Other adjectives: little, new, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The 1970 Great American Soups ad featured a vaguely Busby Berkeley-ish number performed by Ann Miller (a top tap dancer) as a housewife telling her returning husband what kind of soup was at home.
Source: Busby Berkeley Number -
The Cary family owns a number of slaves, but the two main ones are Uncle Billy, a tap-dancing butler played by Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and James Henry, who is portrayed as The Ditz.
Source: Film / The Littlest Rebel - This includes a flamenco number by Maria Pages, a tap numbers by three African-American dancers, and a flute solo by Flatley himself.
Source: Theatre / Riverdance
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Tap and Number. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/tap
Number & Tap. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/tap>.
Tap or Number. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/tap.
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