beat-step

noun
UK /ˈbiːt stɛp/
US /ˈbiːt stɛp/

A beat-step is one single step you take in time with music.

The dancers took a beat-step to the drum.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The regular sound a foot makes when it hits the ground in rhythm.

We heard the beat-step of the marching band.

3. A basic dance move where each step lands on a beat.

She learned the beat-step before the full routine.

4. A unit of rhythm in music counted as one beat per step.

Count the beat-step as one, two, three, four.