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Dancing: Colloq
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stepping
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Stepping or step-dancing is a form of percussive dance in which the participant's entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps, spoken word, and hand claps. Though stepping may be performed by ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of taking a step. vb. (present participle of step English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 14c., verbal noun from step (v.). Stepping stone first recorded early 14c.; in the figurative sense 1650s.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stepped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stepping .] [AS. st[ae]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D. stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr. ? to shake about, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. shift or move by taking a step; "step back" put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake" [syn: tread ] cause (a computer) to execute a single command treat badly; "This boss abuses his ...
Usage examples of stepping.
The persistent invaginator finally released her and walked up on her back before stepping off, then back on, several times, until foam ceased to surge from her mouth.
The newcomers followed her out of the room, the smaller stepping distastefully over the nearly absorbed remnants of her affliction.
A cluster of men waited at the pink doorway, stepping aside for Earthmen and Errin to pass.
He spoke the now familiar litany of close contact, hands on the door knob and stepping off on the right foot, then had them demonstrate it twice.
Leaving the Errin, he passed through the first green, stepping around the spill-over of bodies, and on into the second.
He let her strip the garment off his hips, simply stepping out of each leg as she lowered it.
On my count of three take two steps forward, stepping off with your right foot first.
By stepping through that surface one is instantly transported to my office, and .
But in a moment Alfred reappeared, stepping smartly, followed by Julie dressed sedately in blue gingham.
As he waived to Astoria before stepping into the gate, her expression was frustrated.
I held hat in hand, ready to cover my face if you should appear, which in fact you did, stepping out of the same office where I found you this morning.
We explored Gate Hall for a few minutes, even stepping outside on the grass and observing the strange line of tiny lights in the black sky above it.
June muttered, stepping back, slamming the door and immediately lunging through it.
The only difference is that they come in one of the large black cars such as that one before us, not by stepping through the gate.
He paused outside the chamber, stepping aside and gesturing for Akeela to enter.