Definition of "goose-step" [goose-step]

• To march in such a way that the legs swing sharply from the hips and the knees are locked. (verb-intransitive)

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• "It required no revolution of his nature to learn to calculate the range and fire a field-gun or to march the goose-step."
• "Gary Robert JonesLlanelli• Mildred Bailey gave a warning of what can happen if your dancing instruction is inadequate Letters, 13 May in the 1941 recording Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry: "My tango resembles a two-step, my rumba makes people turn pale, my conga goes into a goose-step, 'til the FBI is dogging my trail.""
• "I mean the outfits are snazzy, but they really need to work on the goose-step."