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goose-stepping

goose-stepping is the present participle and gerund of goose-step.

Meaning of goose-step

Verb

goose-step (third-person singular simple present goose-steps, present participle goose-stepping, simple past and past participle goose-stepped)

  1. (typically derogatory) To march with a goose-step.
    • “Der Kronprinz (God bless his noble heart!) will walk through, and goose-step all the way to Paris.”1917, Aleister Crowley, Moonchild, Weiser, published 2010, page 328

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Questions about goose-stepping

What is goose-stepping the present participle and gerund of?
Goose-stepping is the present participle and gerund of goose-step.

Words near goose-stepping in the dictionary

  1. goose-rumped
  2. goose-step
  3. goose-stepped
  4. goose-stepper
  5. goose-steppers
  6. goose-stepping
  7. goose-steps
  8. goose-wing
  9. goose-winged
  10. goose-winging
  11. goose-wings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goose-stepping (page history and authors); goose-step (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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