high-stepping

[ hahy-step-ing ]

/ ˈhaɪˈstɛp ɪŋ /

seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.

(of a horse) moving with the leg raised high.

Origin of high-stepping

First recorded in 1840–50

high-step·per, noun

It was a pretty good price, but it was a high-stepper, a flyer, a beauty.

The Golden Censer |John McGovern
My, wasnt she a high-stepper, purty as they make em; but her hair couldnt shine along o Besss here.

In Wild Rose Time |Amanda M. Douglas
See how they lift their feet, and go along like a high-stepper of a horse.

The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields |Lieut. Howard Payson
A trick is always so low that a high-stepper can walk right over it.

Old Gorgon Graham |George Horace Lorimer

Our stove was a high-stepper, with long bent legs, and bore its oven on its back as a dromedary his hump.

A Pioneer Mother |Hamlin Garland

high-stepper

a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground when walking or trotting