walking the dog

English

Verb

walking the dog

  1. present participle of walk the dog

Noun

walking the dog

  1. Any of various dances, or dance moves, that mimic dog walking.
    • 1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 200:
      The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco.
    1. A specific set step in clogging.
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