goose-stepping

verb

Definition of goose-steppingnext
present participle of goose-step
as in stomping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose-stepping
  1. stomping
  2. trudging
  3. marching
  4. stepping
Verb
  • After easily stopping Thanos and Nam-gyu from curb-stomping Ming-gyu at lunch, In-ho earns a lot of people’s respect.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In a similar vein, Malloy’s musical score is almost anonymously eclectic — wistful ballads, stomping pop, a smattering of EDM — but threaded through with enough strains of Russian folk and klezmer to suggest a sense of place.
    Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of stomping
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  • They were left operating on fumes by the end, with Ollie Watkins — Duran’s replacement — starved of service and Morgan Rogers consigned to trudging off the pitch, knowing his long dribbling bursts would have scant options ahead of him.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of trudging
Verb
  • But, like workers shedding the new year festivities and glumly marching back to the office, stocks lost their sheen, began tilting down and closed the session lower.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The two-day event features all of the bands marching in the parade and is held at Pasadena City College.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of marching
Verb
  • The ladies of The View are putting down their mugs and stepping away from the Hot Topics table to enjoy the most wonderful time of the year.
    EW.com, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • With the Yellowstone-verse mastermind stepping behind the camera for the anticipated conclusion, the stakes are even higher around how the series will go out, and if the ending will pave way for a future.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of stepping
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“Goose-stepping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-stepping. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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