goose step

Definition of Goose Step in English :

1. goose step

a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high

2. goose step

march in a military fashion

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Goose Step

noun

1.

a military march step in which the leg is swung rigidly to an exaggerated height, esp as in the German army in the Third Reich

2.

an abnormal gait in animals

verb goose-step -steps, -stepping or -stepped

3. (intransitive)

to march in goose step

verb (intransitive)

to march in goose step

photos of soldiers goose-stepping beside fearsome missiles

For one surreal moment the actors goose-step across the stage.

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.

intr.v. goose-stepped, goose-step·ping, goose-steps

To march in such a way that the legs swing sharply from the hips and the knees are locked.

n.

A military parade step executed by swinging the legs sharply from the hips and keeping the knees locked.