GOOSE-STEPPING Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

goose-stepping

verb

present participle of goose-step

as in stomping

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Handclaps, stomping percussion and a communal chorus create the kind of infectious energy that naturally gets people moving.

— qygwork, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
The clip then pans to a warm fire, and someone, presumably Meghan, stomping in rain boots in the mud.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomping

Verb

Hawke remembers his 19-year-old self trudging through snowy Alaska for White Fang.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Half of the game's length is swallowed up by me trudging from point A to point B while characters yap endlessly about the current goings-on.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of trudging

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That car became a rally staple, training a generation of drivers, including the French legend Jean Ragnotti, and stamping its double white stripe into motorsport folklore.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
This metal punch press mold functions like slices of bread in a sandwich, stamping hot plastic sheets into lightweight thermoplastic aircraft doors.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of stamping

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Back then, with no off-ramp in sight in the Middle East, oil was marching higher, stoking inflation fears, and bond yields went along for the ride.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Many English, Welsh and Scottish people and most Irish people remained Catholic and thus opposed to the official religion, but the state churches were marching steadily away from them and toward fundamentalist revolution.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of marching

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The film is instead, in its strange and sometimes plodding manner, a call to simply sit and think about the contradictions of human character.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
In addition to sizzling 115-degree days, Las Vegas’ famous resorts and casinos are plodding through a tourism slump.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of plodding

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The monumental Lady in Blue depicts a young Black woman striding forward with purpose in a blue dress and heels, her gaze directed ahead of her.

— News Desk, Artforum, 10 Sep. 2026
Likewise, in January, Disney's former chief executive Bob Iger hinted at the park's location in an Instagram post of him striding along the beach on Yas Island.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of striding

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Between the pools, the beach, and the restaurant lineup, most guests could fill a week without stepping off property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Ahead of the first Charlotte opening, Bolorin outlined key details on traffic coordination, store policies and what shoppers should expect when stepping inside the Ballantyne store.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of stepping

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