kick-step
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kick-step (plural kick-steps)
- (dance) A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.
- A hiking technique for managing loose soil where the hiker first aggressively kicks the ground, digging a foothold, before shifting weight onto the foot.
- 2014, Marlene Collins, Quiet Savage, →ISBN, page 235:
- The kick-step she'd used to make steps out of the play area, was necessary to keep from sliding while walking across a slope.
Verb
[edit]kick-step (third-person singular simple present kick-steps, present participle kick-stepping, simple past and past participle kick-stepped)
- (dance) To dance using a kick-step.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- To hike using a kick-step.