moonwalk en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmunwɔk/ (US)
- /ˈmuːnwɔːk/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Moon + walk. * (backslide): Coined by Michael Jackson in 1983, when popularizing the backslide and renaming it.
Meanings
- An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot by an astronaut.
- (broadly) Activity on the Moon, outside any moonbase, exposed to space, by an astronaut
- A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.
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A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment.
Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.
2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| moonwalks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
dance style · extravehicular activity (exploration of the Moon on foot)
Synonyms
LEVA (activity outside on the Moon by an astronaut)
Translations (35)
eo lunpaŝado (dance style) · it moonwalk (dance style) · sh месечев хо̑д (dance style) · ru глайд (dance style) · ko 문워크 (dance style) · ja ムーンウオーク (dance style) · vi moonwalk (dance style) · ml മൂൺവാക്ക് (dance style) · pt moonwalk (dance style) · fi kuukävely (exploration) · de Moonwalk (dance style) · fi moonwalk (dance style) · cmn 太空漫步 (dance style) · nl moonwalk (dance style) · ja ムーンウォーク (dance style) · sh mesečev hȏd (dance style) · hy լուսնային քայլվածք (dance style) · el φεγγαροπερπάτημα (dance style) · az ay gəzişi (dance style) · fr moonwalk (dance style) · cmn 月球漫步 (dance style) · fi kuukävely (dance style) · el μούνγουοκ (dance style) · fa مونواک (dance style) · ar مِشْيَة الْقَمَرِ (dance style) · uk ковза́ння наза́д (dance style) · th มูนวอล์ก (dance style) · ru лу́нная похо́дка (dance style) · ru скольже́ние наза́д (dance style) · bg лунна походка (dance style) · cmn 滑步 (dance style) · uk мі́сячна хода́ (dance style) · lt mėnulio eisena (dance style) · yue 太空舞 (dance style) · it passeggiata lunare (exploration)