Meaning

4 senses
  1. An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot by an astronaut.

    an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon

  2. (broadly)Activity on the Moon, outside any moonbase, exposed to space, by an astronaut

  3. A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.

    a kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot

  4. A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment.

    Moonwalk

    лу́нная похо́дкаlúnnaja poxódka, скольже́ние наза́дskolʹžénije nazád, глайдglajd

    мі́сячна хода́mísjačna xodá, ковза́ння наза́дkovzánnja nazád

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He created an iconic, angular style of dance that incorporated pantomime techniques, lightning-fast changes, and his signature "moonwalk."

Translations

6 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Moon + walk.

From Moon + walk.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: moonwalks
Singularmoonwalk
Pluralmoonwalks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
activity outside on the Moon by an astronaut:LEVA

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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