goose-step

verb

Definition of goose-stepnext
as in to trudge

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Recent Examples of goose-step As its goose-stepping military honor guards marched past and troops in combat uniforms and gear raced to their vehicles, jets and helicopters screeched past overhead. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025 Variety, The Wrap, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and others goose-step to the Daily Worker, Izvestia, or Pravda. — Armond White, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024 On some milestone birthdays, North Korea’s military holds huge parades with goose-stepping soldiers and powerful weapons capable of targeting the U.S. and South Korea. — Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024 There are teenage call girls, pregnant adulterers, online strippers, goose-stepping racists, topless caterers, feuding relatives and men who cut off their manhood. — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose-step
  1. trudge
  2. stomp
  3. stamp
  4. march
  5. tread
  6. step
  7. plod
  8. parade
Verb
  • The next morning a young man, who Colocousis said showed up in a Jeep with New York plates, trudged across a thin layer of snow to his doorstep.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • Enola dutifully trudges between clues and possibilities, shuffling through crime scenes and racing around shady spaces, all of this much more paint-by-numbers than connect-the-dots.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
Definition of trudge
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  • The name Chelydra serpentina evokes colossal reptiles stomping through ancient forests.
    — Hannah Smith July 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
  • If anything, the dichotomy between the pop star who prances around Versailles in a sheer nightie and the pop star who stomps onstage in knee-high combat boots feels completely authentic and intentional.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
Definition of stomp
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  • The Council's 20% test widens that gap and stamps it as compliant.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The Derya Arms shotgun was stamped that that it was manufactured in the country of Turkey, according to FBI agents who searched the home.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of stamp
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  • People in costumes marched alongside floats with advertisements and extravagantly patriotic decorations.
    — Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026
  • Ben felt that his biggest contribution to Civil Rights would not be marching in the streets, but instead demonstrating his capabilities to others in influential positions through performance, negotiation, and results.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of march
Verb
  • Initially, both teams looked to be treading carefully, wary of a misstep now in the knockout stage.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • That said, the USMNT's postgame presser won't be the only instance where a team hopes World Cup reporters will tread lightly.
    — Callie Fin, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Definition of tread
Verb
  • With one out and Carrigg on third, Jake McCarthy hit a sharp ground ball to Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, who stepped on the bag and fired home.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Rob, who died in December at age 78, portrayed George Washington in a segment inspired by the first president’s decision to step away after two terms in office.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of step
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  • Even the special effects emerge as less than spectacular — especially since Jeannot Szwarc’s plodding direction affords ample time for one to sit there and figure out just how they were accomplished.
    — Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • But plodding through them offers little pleasure, guilty or otherwise.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Definition of plod
Verb
  • The Massachusetts Army of 1775 Spirit of America band also paraded through the square in what appears to be traditional colonial garb.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers insulted their Catholic paying customers by honoring a drag group that parades around as nuns and mocks their religion.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of parade

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“Goose-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-step. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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