Definition of soft shoe:
(n) :
(performing arts) A kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville.
(n) :
(idiomatic) A speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone.
(v) :
To perform a dance of this kind.
(adj) :
(usually hyphenated) Of or pertaining to this kind of dancing.
(adj) :
(idiomatic) Casual, low-key, easy-going.