Usually means: Marching with legs straight, unbent.
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  1. goose-step: Merriam-Webster
  2. goose-step: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. goose-step, goose-step: Collins English Dictionary
  4. goose-step: Wordnik
  5. goose-step: Wiktionary
  6. goose-step: Dictionary.com
  7. Goose-Step, Goose-step: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. goose-step: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. goose-step: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (military, typically derogatory) A style of march in which the legs advance in turn without bending the knee, whether as a low quick march or a rigorous high slow march for ceremonial occasions; the various drills associated with these marches.
noun:  (rugby) A deceptive step that breaks the normal flow of running and allows a player to accelerate and/or change direction quickly while simultaneously confusing the defender.
verb:  (military, typically derogatory) To march with a goose-step.

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