elephant walk en · NOUN
Etymology
From elephant + walk. Coined in the United States Air Force during World War 2, in reference to the appearance of large numbers of taxiing heavy bombers.
Meanings
- (US) The taxiing of multiple aircraft in close formation before a mass take-off.
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(slang) A men's hazing ritual in which the men walk with each one holding the penis of the man behind him and with his thumb in the anus of the man in front of him.
[…] members at Sacramento State University simulating the elephant walk (a ritual that involves men forming a line and walking as a group while grasping the penis of the man in front of them).
2022, Jana Mathews, The Benefits of Friends, page 60:[…] which the players moved in a line while gripping the genitalia of those in front of them similar to an "elephant walk".
2012, Lynn M. Jamieson, Thomas Orr, Sport and Violence, page 51:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, walk.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| elephant walks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |