WAYS OF WALKING Flashcards
‘to stride’
To walk with long steps in a particular direction (anger, determination).
‘to march’
To walk with stiff regular steps, like a soldier (soldiers, determination).
‘to pace’
To walk up and down in a small area many times (nervous, angry).
‘to stroll’
To walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way (relaxation, passing time).
‘to saunter’
To walk at a slow relaxed speed (relaxation, confidence, indifference to time constraints).
‘to hasten’
To go or move somewhere quickly (in a hurry).
‘to wander’
To walk slowly around a place without a particular purpose or direction (lost, wanting to be alone).
‘to roam’
To walk or travel around an area without any definite direction (list, wanting to be alone, wide area).
‘to prowl’
To move quietly and carefully (hunting, committing crime, doing something suspicious).
‘to ramble’
BrE walking for pleasure (enjoying, in the countryside).
‘to hike’
To go on a long walk for pleasure (in the mountains, countryside, taking an adventure).
‘to trek’
To make a long or difficult journey on foot for pleasure, especially in mountains.
‘to strut’
To walk proudly with your head up and chest out (confidence, filtering, showing off).
‘to swagger’
To walk in an extremely proud and confident way (neg) (dominance, superiority).
‘to stagger’
To walk with weak unsteady steps as you’re about to fall (drunk, almost falling).
‘to stumble’
To walk or move in an unsteady way (tripping, walking clumsily).
‘to lurch’
To make a sudden unsteady movement forward or to one side (being pushed by inertia).
‘to waddle’
To walk with short steps, moving body from side to side (short legs and fat body, penguin).
‘to wade’
To walk with effort through something (through water or mud).
‘to plod’ or ‘to trudge’
To walk slowly with heavy steps because you’re tired.
‘to hobble’
To walk with difficulty especially because your legs or feet hurt.
‘to limp’
To walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured.
‘to shuffle’
To walk slowly without lifting your feet completely off the ground.
‘to shamble’
To walk in a slow and lazy way or with difficulty, dragging your feet (greater struggle in movement).
‘to tiptoe’
To walk using the front parts of your feet only (not to be heard).
‘to creep’
To move slowly, quietly and carefully; AmE body close to the ground (not to be heard and seen).
‘to sneak’
To go somewhere secretly (trying to avoid being seen).
‘to stalk’
To move slowly and quietly towards an animal or person in order to catch or kill them.
‘to loiter’
To stand or wait somewhere especially with no obvious reason (sp. holgazanear).
‘to inch’
To move or make something move slowly or carefully in a particular direction.
‘to toddle’
To walk with short, unsteady steps (child learning how to walk).
‘to slide’
To move quickly and quietly; to make something move in this way (not to be noticed).
‘to slip’
To go somewhere quickly and quietly (without being noticed).
‘to skid’
(of a vehicle) to slide forward or to one side, showing loss of control.
