| 1. | a marching step of some infantries in which the legs are swung high and kept straight and stiff. |
| 2. | a military exercise in which the body is balanced on one foot, without advancing, while the other foot is swung forward and back. |
[goos-step] 
| to march in a goose step: Troops goose-stepped past the reviewing stand. |
| goose step n. A military parade step executed by swinging the legs sharply from the hips and keeping the knees locked. |
A straight-legged style of military marching used by the armies of several nations, but associated particularly with the army of Germany under the Nazis.
Note: The term is sometimes used to suggest the unthinking loyalty of followers or soldiers: “Brown has a goose-step mentality.”