goose-step
verb🔊/ˈɡuːs step/
🔊/ˈɡuːs step/
[intransitive] (often disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they goose-step | 🔊/ˈɡuːs step/ 🔊/ˈɡuːs step/ |
| he / she / it goose-steps | 🔊/ˈɡuːs steps/ 🔊/ˈɡuːs steps/ |
| past simple goose-stepped | 🔊/ˈɡuːs stept/ 🔊/ˈɡuːs stept/ |
| past participle goose-stepped | 🔊/ˈɡuːs stept/ 🔊/ˈɡuːs stept/ |
| -ing form goose-stepping | 🔊/ˈɡuːs stepɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈɡuːs stepɪŋ/ |
to march (= walk) with the legs raised high and straight, as soldiers do in some countries