walking the dog

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English

Verb

walking the dog

  1. present participle and gerund of walk the dog

Noun

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.