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walking the dog en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any of various dances, or dance moves, that mimic dog walking.
   • 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. 1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 200:
2. Any of various dances, or dance moves, that mimic dog walking. ▸ A specific set step in clogging.

walking the dog en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of walk the dog
   form of walk the dog