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1Goose-Step (disambiguation) — Goose Step may refer to:* Goose Step, a special form of the equal step, which is usually demonstrated in solemn military parades * The Goose Step, a 1936 political cartoon by E. H. Shepard * The Goose Step (book), a 1923 book by Upton Sinclair *… …
2goose step — n. a marching step, as of troops passing in review, in which the legs are raised high and kept stiff and unbent: often used figuratively to connote militarism, fascism, etc. goose step [go͞os′step΄] vi. goose stepped, goose stepping …
3goose step — goose′ step n. mil a marching step of some infantries in which the legs are swung high and kept straight and stiff • Etymology: 1800–10 goose′ step , v.i. stepped, step•ping. goose′ step per, n …
4goose-step — goose stepper, n. /goohs step /, v.i., goose stepped, goose stepping. to march in a goose step: Troops goose stepped past the reviewing stand. [1875 80] * * * …
5goose step — ► NOUN ▪ a military marching step in which the legs are not bent at the knee. ► VERB (goose step) ▪ march with such a step …
6goose-step|per — «GOOS STEHP uhr», noun. a person who practices the goose step: »the most timorous, sniveling, poltroonish, ignominious mob of serfs and goose steppers ever gathered under one flag (H. L. Mencken) …
7goose-step — goose steps, goose stepping, goose stepped VERB When soldiers goose step, they lift their legs high and do not bend their knees as they march. ...photos of soldiers goose stepping beside fearsome missiles …
8goose-step — goose ,step verb intransitive to march without bending your leg when you raise it ╾ goose ,step noun count …
9goose step — (n.) 1806, originally was a military drill to teach balance; to stand on each leg alternately and swing the other back and forth (which, presumably, reminded someone of a goose s way of walking); in reference to marching without bending the knees …
10goose step — See: goose step …