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Gait

A going; a walk; a march; a way.

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Narrower term 23

Canter 76% connected

A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

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Flounce 76% connected

To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flou…

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Gallop 76% connected

To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

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Hitch 76% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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Hobble 76% connected

To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

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Limp 76% connected

To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

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Lope 76% connected

of Leap.

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Lurch 76% connected

To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

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Pacing 76% connected

of Pace

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Prance 76% connected

To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.

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Rack 76% connected

Same as Arrack.

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Saunter 76% connected

To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.

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Single-foot 76% connected

An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.

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Skip 76% connected

A basket. See Skep.

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Stagger 76% connected

To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.

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Stalk 76% connected

The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

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Strut 76% connected

To swell; to bulge out.

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Stumble 76% connected

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

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Swagger 76% connected

To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

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Trot 76% connected

To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

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Waddle 76% connected

To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to tod…

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Broader term 5

Locomotion 76% connected

The act of moving from place to place.

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Walking 76% connected

of Walk

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Pace 74% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Pace 74% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Synonym 1

Pace 92% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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