moonwalkingn.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnˌwɔːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmunˌwɔkɪŋ/,

/ˈmunˌwɑkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, walking n.

Etymology: < moon n.¹ + walking n.In sense 1 after German Mondsucht somnambulism, sleepwalking < Mond moon n.¹ + Sucht sickness, addiction (see sought n.). Compare the work title Sleep Walking and Moonwalking: a Medico-literary Study (1919–20) translating a German original Über Nachtwandeln u. Mondsucht: eine Medizinisch-literarische Studie (1914).

1. Sleepwalking by moonlight. Now rare.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking

walking1607

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

somnambulency1829

moonwalking1919

1919 Psychoanalytic Rev. 6 159 The phenomena of sleep walking and moon walking must be acknowledged..almost entirely as pathological.

1938 B. L. Burman Blow for Landing viii. 121 ‘If Miss Birdie'd just start some moon walking, she'd git over being scared of the river sure,’ he declared with solemnity... ‘Jest take off her shoes in the light of the moon and walk up and down in water over her toes.’

1943 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 99 583/1 Moon walking, a form of somnambulism, has been observed and described in the medical literature by many reputable authors.

2. The action of walking on the moon.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking on the moon

moonwalking1980

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking on the moon > the action of

moonwalking1980

the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > planetology > [noun] > moon > moon-walk

moonwalk1952

moonwalking1980

1980 Newsweek (Nexis) 28 Jan. 77 At times, Armstrong's stiffness suggests he's still wearing his moonwalking suit.

1981 Times 23 Mar. 77/2 Pictorial representations covering every subject from cave painting to moon walking.

1991 New Scientist 28 Sept. 57/3 At least the Moon shot entertained. Great TV: ‘This is a small step for a man, etc etc.’ Moon walking is in a totally different televisual ballpark.

2014 M. J. Neufeld et al. Milestones of Space vi. 80 The folds of his spacesuit and ghosting in the image exaggerated the awkwardness of Moon walking.

a. Any exaggeratedly slow method of proceeding which resembles the characteristic weightless movement of an astronaut on the moon. rare.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > exaggeratedly slow method of proceeding

moonwalking1980

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other popular 20th-century dances > [noun]

mashed potato1747

bunny hug1912

chicken scratch1912

bunny-hugging1916

jazz1919

black bottom1925

shuffle1925

Mess Around1926

snake hips1933

Susie-Q1936

Lambeth Walk1937

bunny hop1938

bop1956

pony1961

Watusi1961

locomotion1962

mash potato1962

frug1964

hully gully1964

dancercise1967

pogo1977

moonwalking1980

slam dance1981

slam dancing1981

body-popping1982

b-boying1984

mosh1985

moshing1987

1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 12 Sept. b8/3 One hang balloon thrill is ‘moon walking’: heating the balloon until you are almost weightless and then hopping across the landscape as if gravity were a figment of Sir Isaac Newton's imagination.

b. The action of performing the moonwalk (see moonwalk n. 2).

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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun]

dance of Macabre?c1430

springc1450

lege de moya1529

bobc1550

lusty gallant1569

duret1613

fading1613

huckler1617

ground-measure1621

entry1631

slatter de pouchc1640

ballo1651

Irish trot1651

omnium gatheruma1652

clutterdepouch1652

upspring1654

passacaglia1659

shuffle1659

passacaille1667

flip-flap1676

chaconne1685

charmer1702

Cheshire-round1706

Louvre1729

stick dance1730

white joke1730

baby dance1744

Nancy Dawson1766

fricassee1775

bumpkin1785

Totentanz1789

Flora('s) dance1790

goombay1790

egg-dance1801

supper dance1820

Congo dance1823

slip-jig1829

bran-dance1833

roly-poly1833

Congo1835

mazy1841

furry1848

bull-dance1855

stampede1856

double-shuffling1859

frog dance1863

hokee-pokee1873

plait dance1876

slow dancing1884

snake dance1895

beast dance1900

soft-shoe1900

cakewalk1902

floral dance1911

snake dance1911

apache dance1912

grizzly bear1912

jazz dance1917

jazz dancing1917

jazz1919

wine-dance1920

camel-walk1921

furry dance1928

snake-dance1931

pas d'action1936

trance dancing1956

touch dance1965

hokey-cokey1966

moonwalk1969

moonwalking1983

Crip Walk1989

mapantsula1990

1983 N.Y. Amsterdam News 17 Dec. 21/1 The dance crew that ‘tops’ the competition through dance feats such as moon walking, windmills, backspins, tailspins, electric boogie (robot-like actions and mime) and breaking, will win $2,500 in cash.

1987 Forbes 18 May 130/1 While giving the illusion of moving forward, the firm in fact was all the while sliding backward—the financial equivalent of what street dancers call ‘moonwalking’.

1999 Cornishman (Electronic ed.) 24 June The three comedians then joined forces,..managing to recreate Michael Jackson's Thriller video using nothing more than a handful of jumbo elastic bands and some inspired moonwalking by Soane.

2013 A. Royston Hip-hop 14 In moonwalking, dancers look as they are moving forward when they are moving backward.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moonwalking
释义	moonwalkingn. Brit. /ˈmuːnˌwɔːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmunˌwɔkɪŋ/, /ˈmunˌwɑkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, walking n. Etymology: < moon n.¹ + walking n.In sense 1 after German Mondsucht somnambulism, sleepwalking < Mond moon n.¹ + Sucht sickness, addiction (see sought n.). Compare the work title Sleep Walking and Moonwalking: a Medico-literary Study (1919–20) translating a German original Über Nachtwandeln u. Mondsucht: eine Medizinisch-literarische Studie (1914). 1. Sleepwalking by moonlight. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking walking1607 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 somnambulency1829 moonwalking1919 1919 Psychoanalytic Rev. 6 159 The phenomena of sleep walking and moon walking must be acknowledged..almost entirely as pathological. 1938 B. L. Burman Blow for Landing viii. 121 ‘If Miss Birdie'd just start some moon walking, she'd git over being scared of the river sure,’ he declared with solemnity... ‘Jest take off her shoes in the light of the moon and walk up and down in water over her toes.’ 1943 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 99 583/1 Moon walking, a form of somnambulism, has been observed and described in the medical literature by many reputable authors. 2. The action of walking on the moon. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking on the moon moonwalking1980 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking on the moon > the action of moonwalking1980 the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > planetology > [noun] > moon > moon-walk moonwalk1952 moonwalking1980 1980 Newsweek (Nexis) 28 Jan. 77 At times, Armstrong's stiffness suggests he's still wearing his moonwalking suit. 1981 Times 23 Mar. 77/2 Pictorial representations covering every subject from cave painting to moon walking. 1991 New Scientist 28 Sept. 57/3 At least the Moon shot entertained. Great TV: ‘This is a small step for a man, etc etc.’ Moon walking is in a totally different televisual ballpark. 2014 M. J. Neufeld et al. Milestones of Space vi. 80 The folds of his spacesuit and ghosting in the image exaggerated the awkwardness of Moon walking. 3. a. Any exaggeratedly slow method of proceeding which resembles the characteristic weightless movement of an astronaut on the moon. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > exaggeratedly slow method of proceeding moonwalking1980 society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other popular 20th-century dances > [noun] mashed potato1747 bunny hug1912 chicken scratch1912 bunny-hugging1916 jazz1919 black bottom1925 shuffle1925 Mess Around1926 snake hips1933 Susie-Q1936 Lambeth Walk1937 bunny hop1938 bop1956 pony1961 Watusi1961 locomotion1962 mash potato1962 frug1964 hully gully1964 dancercise1967 pogo1977 moonwalking1980 slam dance1981 slam dancing1981 body-popping1982 b-boying1984 mosh1985 moshing1987 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 12 Sept. b8/3 One hang balloon thrill is ‘moon walking’: heating the balloon until you are almost weightless and then hopping across the landscape as if gravity were a figment of Sir Isaac Newton's imagination. b. The action of performing the moonwalk (see moonwalk n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] dance of Macabre?c1430 springc1450 lege de moya1529 bobc1550 lusty gallant1569 duret1613 fading1613 huckler1617 ground-measure1621 entry1631 slatter de pouchc1640 ballo1651 Irish trot1651 omnium gatheruma1652 clutterdepouch1652 upspring1654 passacaglia1659 shuffle1659 passacaille1667 flip-flap1676 chaconne1685 charmer1702 Cheshire-round1706 Louvre1729 stick dance1730 white joke1730 baby dance1744 Nancy Dawson1766 fricassee1775 bumpkin1785 Totentanz1789 Flora('s) dance1790 goombay1790 egg-dance1801 supper dance1820 Congo dance1823 slip-jig1829 bran-dance1833 roly-poly1833 Congo1835 mazy1841 furry1848 bull-dance1855 stampede1856 double-shuffling1859 frog dance1863 hokee-pokee1873 plait dance1876 slow dancing1884 snake dance1895 beast dance1900 soft-shoe1900 cakewalk1902 floral dance1911 snake dance1911 apache dance1912 grizzly bear1912 jazz dance1917 jazz dancing1917 jazz1919 wine-dance1920 camel-walk1921 furry dance1928 snake-dance1931 pas d'action1936 trance dancing1956 touch dance1965 hokey-cokey1966 moonwalk1969 moonwalking1983 Crip Walk1989 mapantsula1990 1983 N.Y. Amsterdam News 17 Dec. 21/1 The dance crew that ‘tops’ the competition through dance feats such as moon walking, windmills, backspins, tailspins, electric boogie (robot-like actions and mime) and breaking, will win $2,500 in cash. 1987 Forbes 18 May 130/1 While giving the illusion of moving forward, the firm in fact was all the while sliding backward—the financial equivalent of what street dancers call ‘moonwalking’. 1999 Cornishman (Electronic ed.) 24 June The three comedians then joined forces,..managing to recreate Michael Jackson's Thriller video using nothing more than a handful of jumbo elastic bands and some inspired moonwalking by Soane. 2013 A. Royston Hip-hop 14 In moonwalking, dancers look as they are moving forward when they are moving backward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1919
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