kick-step

Meanings

1. A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.
2. A hiking technique for managing loose soil where the hiker first aggressively kicks the ground, digging a foothold, before shifting weight onto the foot.

1. To dance using a kick-step.
2. To hike using a kick-step.

Etymology

From kick + step.