high-stepping

adjective

Of a horse, that walks or trots lifting its legs very high off the ground.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of high-step
adjectivehigh-stepping (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a horse, that walks or trots lifting its legs very high off the ground.
  2. broadlynot comparableMoving proudly.

    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.

    1950 October, R. S. McNaught, “Joys of the Unexpected”, in Railway Magazine, page 690

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving or moving with a high step

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high-steppedhigh

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

high-stepping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-stepping

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“high-stepping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-stepping. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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