goose step
Stiff-legged stride
Goose step is a military marching style in which the legs swing forward stiffly without bending at the knee, creating a distinctive high-stepping motion.
The term evokes Nazi Germany, where it was a signature of military parades, though it originated earlier and remains used by various armies.
The soldiers goose-stepped past the reviewing stand.
To goose-step figuratively is to follow orders rigidly and without question.
Rhythmic group walk
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- drillHole-boring device
- formationCreation or arrangement
- regimentColonel-led military unit
battalion · platoon · infantry · troops · soldiers · cadence · synchronization · maneuver
Ultranationalist dictatorial political system
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
oppression · propaganda · regime · intimidation · subjugation · militarism · nationalism · obedience
Ceremonial public procession
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- processionFormal moving line
- spectacleVisually striking event
honor guard · changing of the guard · Red Square · Pyongyang · state occasion · national day · commemoration · precision
Elevated leg strike
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- rhythmicHaving regular tempo
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
robotic · rigid · strutting · stamping · boot · leg swing · snap · extension
march
Rhythmic group walk
regiment · battalion · platoon · infantry · troops · soldiers · cadence · synchronization · maneuver · column
fascism
Ultranationalist dictatorial political system
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- NaziGerman fascist party member
Third Reich · oppression · propaganda · regime · intimidation · subjugation · militarism · nationalism · obedience · conformity
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- processionFormal moving line
spectacle · honor guard · changing of the guard · Red Square · Pyongyang · state occasion · national day · commemoration · precision · display
high kick
Elevated leg strike
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- rhythmicHaving regular tempo
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
mechanical · robotic · rigid · strutting · stamping · boot · leg swing · snap · extension
- military marchingquick march, slow march, double time, funeral march, route march
- marchingmilitary march, quick march, slow march, route march, forced march
- Military Paradesmarch music, marching, marchers, formation, formations
- Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler, Hitler, Nazi, Nazis, Nazi Party
- Prussian MilitaryPrussia, Frederick the Great, Bismarck, Otto von Bismarck, Moltke
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump