plural of step deal

(film) A scriptwriter's contract paid in installments as progress is made.

(figuratively) To do a task that one is not ordinarily expected to do because there is no one else to do it.

A shuffling dance move in which the feet are initially placed in an orientation like the letter T.

In dancing, gymnastics: a step in which one foot is crossed over another; or the action of taking such a step or steps.

(aviation, usually intransitive, of an aircraft) To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously.

(aviation) An instance of step climbing.

present participle of step climb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of step-climb

plural of step-climb