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goosestep

goosestep 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 goosestep

third-person singular presentgoosesteps
present participlegoosestepping
past participlegoosestepped
pastgoosestepped

Words formed from goosestep

Questions about goosestep

What is goosestep the alternative form of?
Goosestep is the alternative form of goose-step.

Words near goosestep in the dictionary

  1. goosery
  2. gooses
  3. gooses up
  4. gooseskin
  5. gooseskins
  6. goosestep
  7. goosestepped
  8. goosestepper
  9. goosesteppers
  10. goosestepping
  11. goosesteps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goosestep (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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