moonwalked; moonwalking; moonwalks
: to dance by gliding backwards while appearing to make forward walking motions
moonwalk
noun
Examples of moonwalk in a Sentence
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Ready to moonwalk your way to your next vacation?
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Dana Givens, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2022
Cincinnati pending, to moonwalk into a New Year’s Six bowl game.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
Taylor Swift has moonwalked past Michael Jackson’s record at the 2019 American Music Awards, taking home six honors including artist of the year and artist of the decade.
—Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2019
Post Malone is the top contender at the 2019 American Music Awards, where Taylor Swift has a chance to moonwalk past Michael Jackson's record for most wins at the show.
—Mesfin Fekadu, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
Post Malone is the top contender at the 2019 American Music Awards, where Taylor Swift has a chance to moonwalk past Michael Jackson’s record for most wins at the show.
—Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
The company has mastered the art of avoidance, by exploiting foreign tax havens and moonwalking through the seemingly infinite loopholes that accountants dream up.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2019
In one half of football, UCLA and Chip Kelly went from lolly-gagging lifelessly through their season to moonwalking into the end zone seemingly every other play.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
After all, this is a robot dog who can twerk and moonwalk, and who won over sympathy on social media when the company released a video of researchers kicking the dog to demonstrate its balance.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 25 Sep. 2019
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Dana Givens, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2022
Cincinnati pending, to moonwalk into a New Year’s Six bowl game.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
Taylor Swift has moonwalked past Michael Jackson’s record at the 2019 American Music Awards, taking home six honors including artist of the year and artist of the decade.
—Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2019
Post Malone is the top contender at the 2019 American Music Awards, where Taylor Swift has a chance to moonwalk past Michael Jackson's record for most wins at the show.
—Mesfin Fekadu, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
Post Malone is the top contender at the 2019 American Music Awards, where Taylor Swift has a chance to moonwalk past Michael Jackson’s record for most wins at the show.
—Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
The company has mastered the art of avoidance, by exploiting foreign tax havens and moonwalking through the seemingly infinite loopholes that accountants dream up.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2019
In one half of football, UCLA and Chip Kelly went from lolly-gagging lifelessly through their season to moonwalking into the end zone seemingly every other play.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
After all, this is a robot dog who can twerk and moonwalk, and who won over sympathy on social media when the company released a video of researchers kicking the dog to demonstrate its balance.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 25 Sep. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1984, in the meaning defined above
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“Moonwalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonwalk. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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