The Collaborative International Dictionary
high-stepping \high-stepping\ adj. 1. having or moving with a high step; as, a high-stepping horse.
Syn: high-stepped.
WordNet
adj. having or moving with a high step; "his high-stepped stride"; "a high-stepping horse" [syn: high-stepped]
Usage examples of "high-stepping".
A fine carriage, drawn by a pair of high-stepping perchers, swerved in front of him and rolled off along the esplanade.
His strong, squared features, his formidable scowl, his solid-looking head, his iron-gray hair, his positive and as it were categorical stride, his slow, precise way of putting a statement, the strange union of trampling radicalism in some directions and high-stepping conservatism in others, which made it impossible to calculate on his unexpressed opinions, his testy ways and his generous impulses, his hard judgments and kindly actions, were characteristics that gave him a very decided individuality.
Outside, hackney carriages were bouncing around the ring, drawn by high-stepping horses, rosettes streaming from their striped browbands, while junior riders crashed their ponies over the practice fence.
His attention was diverted by a Second-Marshal, high-stepping through the cindered debris.
He charges Doodles, who slips past him and goes into a chuckling, high-stepping diddley-bop.
He went away, high-stepping gingerly among the arms, legs, torsos of his fellow passengers, muttering something cheap about smoking sections, low cholesterol, and alcohol-free drinks.
He ran the other way, toward the alley, high-stepping over dried dog shit and a knee-high pile of what looked like cat litter.
So the pair marched away from the small village, high-stepping on their bentwood-and-gut snowshoes, hearing the dry powder beneath their feet squeak with each step.
Even if they did not scratch up the corn, and peck the strawberries, and eat the tomatoes, it is not pleasant to see them straddling about in their jerky, high-stepping, speculative manner, picking inquisitively here and there.