walking the dog

walking the dog

1. present participle and gerund of walk the dog

walking the dog

1. Any of various dances, or dance moves, that mimic dog walking.
   • 1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 200:

     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.

   1. A specific set step in clogging.