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goose step

goose step is the alternative form 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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Forms of goose step

third-person singular presentgoose steps
present participlegoose stepping
past participlegoose stepped
pastgoose stepped

Questions about goose step

What is goose step the alternative form of?
Goose step is the alternative form of goose-step.

Words near goose step in the dictionary

  1. goose pimple
  2. goose pimples
  3. goose saw
  4. goose saws
  5. goose skin
  6. goose step
  7. goose stepped
  8. goose stepping
  9. goose steps
  10. goose tongue
  11. goose up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goose step (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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