Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A ballroom dance consisting of a series of unbroken rapid steps in 2/4 time.
- noun The music for this dance.
- intransitive verb To perform this dance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an early ballroom dance, precursor to the foxtrot.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb dance the one-step
- noun an early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot
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Examples
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Most shocking to the keepers of social order, “couples often held each other very close, grasping each other firmly about the waist or about the neck as in a hug . . . the one-step, the bunny hug, and the other new dances allowed a lingering close contact.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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I would have to agree with the DOJ lawyers that they are simply one-step in a long process.
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It's a simple, one-step process that will ensure 100% privacy on each and every website.
Joe Peacock: FINALLY: The One-Step Super Easy Facebook Privacy Fix Joe Peacock 2011
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Quickly sharing a file just became a one-step process.
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Epps acknowledges that Forrester's initial reaction to the Kindle as a niche device that would only attract a small number of book-loving early adopters underestimated the fact that consumers would fall in love with the Kindle's one-step shopping system and the immediate gratification of buying books in the Kindle store.
Report: EReader and EBook Market Ready for Growth (ReadWriteWeb) Grace Lee 2009
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The Android 3 Honeycomb opening screen provides one-step access to your apps.
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Epps acknowledges that Forrester's initial reaction to the Kindle as a niche device that would only attract a small number of book-loving early adopters underestimated the fact that consumers would fall in love with the Kindle's one-step shopping system and the immediate gratification of buying books in the Kindle store.
Archive 2009-06-01 Grace Lee 2009
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This ratio implies, to a first approximation, that each population tried every typical one-step mutation many times.
Assessing Fault 2009
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With flames rushing up the wall, the dragon roared at the escapees and took one-step forward before Suzaku stood in its way.
Arcana Magi Rush H-M Brown 2011
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Dow Jones's Steve McGrath explains how this high-profile marque has moved one-step closer to the automobile scrapheap.
Saab Automobile, 1950-2011 Christina Zander 2011
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