goosestep

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goose′ step′, 

1. Military a marching step of some infantries in which the legs are swung high and kept straight and stiff.
2. Military a military exercise in which the body is balanced on one foot, without advancing, while the other foot is swung forward and back.
• 1800–10

goose-step  (go̅o̅s′step′), v.i., -stepped, -step•ping. 

1. Military to march in a goose step:
   Troops goose-stepped past the reviewing stand.

• 1875–80

goose′-step′per, n. 

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goose step noun

1. a military march step in which the leg is swung rigidly to an exaggerated height, esp as in the German army in the Third Reich

verb goose-step ( -steps, -stepping, -stepped)

1. (intransitive) to march in goose step