moonwalk
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
moonwalk (plural moonwalks)
- An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot (by an astronaut).
- (dance) A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.
- (dance) A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment.
- 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.
Hypernyms
- (exploration of the Moon on foot): extravehicular activity
- (dance style): dance
Translations
exploration
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dance style
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Verb
moonwalk (third-person singular simple present moonwalks, present participle moonwalking, simple past and past participle moonwalked)
- (intransitive) To walk on the surface of the Moon.
- (intransitive) To walk in leaps, like on the Moon or on other low gravity surfaces.
- (intransitive, dance) To perform the moonwalk.
- (intransitive) To walk in a manner that is similar to the moonwalk dance style; to move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was walking forwards.
Derived terms
Translations
to moonwalk dance
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English moonwalk.
Pronunciation
Noun
moonwalk m (plural moonwalken, diminutive moonwalkje n)
Derived terms
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