High-stepping

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of high-step form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a horse, that walks or trots lifting its legs very high off the ground. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Moving proudly. broadly, not-comparable

    "On a journey across the flat Fenlands from Spalding to Nottingham my train was made up of six modern ex-L.M.S.R. corridor coaches behind a high-stepping 0-6-0 of Class "J1", a Doncaster mixed-traffic design of 1908."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or moving with a high step wordnet

Synonyms

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high-stepped

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"On a journey across the flat Fenlands from Spalding to Nottingham my train was made up of six modern ex-L.M.S.R. corridor coaches behind a high-stepping 0-6-0 of Class "J1", a Doncaster mixed-traffic design of 1908."

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