a kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot
<noun.act> Michael Jackson perfected the moonwalk in the 1980s
an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon
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moonwalk \moonwalk\ n. 1. a kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding backward on the spot; as, Michael Jackson perfected the moonwalk in the 1980s. [WordNet 1.5]
2. an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of Earth's moon. [WordNet 1.5]
Organizers of the giant Friday night parade hired sharpshooters with tranquilizer guns in case the elephants decided to moonwalk down the Champs-Elysees with the Florida A&M Marching Band.
The 250 musicians of the Florida A&M band, gliding backwards in a Michael Jackson moonwalk down the Champs-Elysees before a crowd estimated at 1 million, offered a tribute to American soul star James Brown.
Koch said he learned to moonwalk, or slide backward while appearing to walk forward, by watching Jackson during the singer's recent Madison Square Garden concert.
At an impromptu news conference Wednesday at City Hall, Koch promised to moonwalk in Saturday's Inner Circle show, an annual parody put on by the city's political writers.