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kickstep

kickstep is the alternative form of kick-step.

Meaning of kick-step

Noun

kick-step (plural kick-steps)

  1. A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.
  2. A hiking technique for managing loose soil where the hiker first aggressively kicks the ground, digging a foothold, before shifting weight onto the foot.
    • The kick-step she'd used to make steps out of the play area, was necessary to keep from sliding while walking across a slope.2014, Marlene Collins, Quiet Savage, →ISBN, page 235

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Forms of kickstep

Noun
pluralkicksteps
Verb
third-person singular presentkicksteps
present participlekickstepping
past participlekickstepped
pastkickstepped

Questions about kickstep

What is kickstep the alternative form of?
Kickstep is the alternative form of kick-step.

Words near kickstep in the dictionary

  1. kickstarted
  2. kickstarter
  3. kickstarters
  4. kickstarting
  5. kickstarts
  6. kickstep
  7. kickstepped
  8. kickstepping
  9. kicksteps
  10. kickster
  11. kicksters

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