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moonwalking

moonwalking is the present participle and gerund of moonwalk.

Meaning of moonwalk

Verb

moonwalk (third-person singular simple present moonwalks, present participle moonwalking, simple past and past participle moonwalked)

  1. (intransitive) To walk on the surface of the Moon.
  2. (intransitive) To walk in leaps, like on the Moon or on other low gravity surfaces.
  3. (intransitive) To perform the moonwalk.
  4. (intransitive) To walk in a manner that is similar to the moonwalk dance style; to move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was walking forwards.
    • Alicent’s crew intercede and try to grab the prince for themselves, Aemond restraining his fleeing brother while Criston crosses swords with Cargyll 1. That’s when Cargyll 2 moonwalks away, realizing that he wants no part of this royal shitshow.2022 October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticing House Of The Dragon crowns Westeros' new ruler”, in AV Club

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Questions about moonwalking

What is moonwalking the present participle and gerund of?
Moonwalking is the present participle and gerund of moonwalk.

Words near moonwalking in the dictionary

  1. moonwake
  2. moonwalk
  3. moonwalked
  4. moonwalker
  5. moonwalkers
  6. moonwalking
  7. moonwalks
  8. moonward
  9. moonwashed
  10. moonwatcher
  11. moonwatchers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moonwalking (page history and authors); moonwalk (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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