Meaning & use
moonwalk
A dance move in which a performer appears to glide forward while actually moving backward.
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The crowd cheered as the dancer performed a smooth moonwalk across the stage.
He spent weeks practicing the moonwalk in front of a mirror before the talent show.
A note on using this word
The move became famous worldwide after Michael Jackson performed it during a televised concert in 1983.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To walk on the surface of the moon.
Twelve astronauts have moonwalked during the Apollo missions.
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