goose stepping
verb (used without object), goose-stepped, goose-step·ping.
to march in a goose step: Troops goose-stepped past the reviewing stand.
Origin:
1875–80
1875–80
Related forms
goose-step·per, noun
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goose step definition
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.”
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Goose stepping
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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