high-steppers
Knee-lifting parade marchers
High-steppers are people who lift their knees conspicuously high when walking or marching, suggesting confidence or showiness.
The term extends to horses trained to raise their legs dramatically.
Figuratively, high-steppers are ambitious social climbers or those who live extravagantly: The club attracted high-steppers and old money alike.
Relating to horsemanship
- dressageCompetitive precision riding
- hackneyCarriage horse breed
- trotPace between walk, canter
- gaitLocomotion pattern
carriage · harness · show ring · prance · stallion · mare · bridle · arena
Marching band's head
- majoretteBaton-wielding parade performer
- bandGroup playing music together
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- batonSlender rod for leading
formation · cadence · uniform · plume · boots · precision · halftime · corps
equestrian
Relating to horsemanship
gait · carriage · harness · show ring · prance · stallion · mare · bridle · arena · competition
drum major
Marching band's head
- majoretteBaton-wielding parade performer
- bandGroup playing music together
- paradeCeremonial public procession
baton · formation · cadence · uniform · plume · boots · precision · halftime · corps · drill team
strut
Proud, showy gait
- peacockOrnate pheasant relative
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
showy · flashy · prideful · boastful · preening · vain · conceited · arrogant · pompous · showoff
chorus line
Synchronized stage dancers
revue · cabaret · vaudeville · Broadway · burlesque · follies · troupe · legs · sequins · feathers
high-steppersshufflers
Those who randomize order
foot-draggers · plodders · trudgers · slouchers · dawdlers
high-stepperswallflowers
Timid party attendees
plain Janes · homebodies · shrinking violets · penny-pinchers
high, step, steps, stepper, steppers, higher, highest, highly, height