"hotstep" meaning in All languages combined

See hotstep on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: hotsteps [present, singular, third-person], hotstepping [participle, present], hotstepped [participle, past], hotstepped [past], hot step [alternative], hot-step [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} hotstep (third-person singular simple present hotsteps, present participle hotstepping, simple past and past participle hotstepped)
  1. (slang, idiomatic, intransitive, uncommon) Of a person, to dance with energy, style, and enthusiasm. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, slang, uncommon
    Sense id: en-hotstep-en-verb-DVZ4UvyE
  2. (slang, idiomatic, transitive, uncommon) To walk or move quickly and hurriedly through something. Tags: idiomatic, slang, transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-hotstep-en-verb-~6X1Of3Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hotstepper

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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