Sekirov Dictionary

kick-step

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

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.
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A hiking technique for managing loose soil where the hiker first aggressively kicks the ground, digging a foothold, before shifting weight onto the foot.
- 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. — 2014

verb2

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To dance using a kick-step.
- 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
To hike using a kick-step.

forms

kick-stepped · kick-stepping · kick-steps

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