Definitions for walking

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walking walk·ing

Spelling: [waw-king]

IPA: /ˈwɔ kɪŋ/

Walking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in walking (agiklnw).

Definitions for walking

noun

1. the act or action of a person or thing that walks:
2. the manner or way in which a person walks.
3. the state or condition of the surface, terrain, etc., on which a person walks:
4. race walking.
5. an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
6. a period of walking for exercise or pleasure:
7. a distance walked or to be walked, often in terms of the time required:
8. the gait or pace of a person or an animal that walks.
9. a characteristic or individual manner of walking:
10. a department or branch of activity, or a particular line of work:
11. Baseball. base on balls.
12. a path or way for pedestrians at the side of a street or road; sidewalk.
13. a place prepared or set apart for walking.
14. a path in a garden or the like.
15. a passage between rows of trees.
16. an enclosed yard, pen, or the like where domestic animals are fed and left to exercise.
17. the walk, race walking.
18. a sheepwalk.
19. a ropewalk.
20. (in the West Indies) a plantation of trees, especially coffee trees.
21. a group, company, or congregation, especially of snipes.
22. British. the route of a street vendor, tradesman, or the like. the district or area in which such a route is located. a tract of forest land under the charge of one forester or keeper.
23. Archaic. manner of behavior; conduct; course of life.
24. Obsolete. a haunt or resort.

Idioms

1. take a walk, Informal. to leave, especially abruptly and without any intention or prospect of returning (often used imperatively to indicate dismissal):
2. walk (someone) through, to guide or instruct carefully one step at a time:
3. walk Spanish, to be forced by another to walk on tiptoe. to walk cautiously. to be discharged or dismissed. to discharge or dismiss (someone).
4. walk the plank. plank (def 8).

adjective

1. considered as a person who can or does walk or something that walks:
2. used for or as an aid in walking:
3. suitable for, characterized by, or consisting of walking:
4. of or relating to an implement or machine drawn by a draft animal and operated or controlled by a person on foot:
5. of or relating to a mechanical part that moves back and forth.

Verb phrases

1. walk off, to get rid of by walking:
2. walk off with, to remove illegally; steal. to win or attain, as in a competition: to surpass one's competitors; win easily:
3. walk out, to go on strike. to leave in protest:
4. walk out on, to leave unceremoniously; desert; forsake:
5. walk out with, British. to court or be courted by:
6. walk through, Theater, Television. to release (a play) by combining a reading aloud of the lines with the designated physical movements. Informal. to perform (a role, play, etc.) in a perfunctory manner. to make little or no effort in performing one's role:
7. walk up, (of a hunter) to flush (game) by approaching noisily on foot and often with hunting dogs.

verb (used with object)

1. to proceed through, over, or upon at a moderate pace on foot:
2. to cause to walk; lead, drive, or ride at a walk, as an animal:
3. to force or help to walk, as a person:
4. to conduct or accompany on a walk:
5. to move (a box, trunk, or other object) in a manner suggestive of walking, as by a rocking motion.
6. Baseball. (of a pitcher) to give a base on balls to (a batter).
7. to spend or pass (time) in walking (often followed by away):
8. to cause or accomplish by walking:
9. to examine, measure, etc., by traversing on foot:
10. Basketball. to advance (the ball) by taking more than two steps without dribbling or passing.
11. Informal. to send (a person who has a reservation at a hotel) to another hotel because of overbooking:

verb (used without object)

1. to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
2. to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure:
3. (of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations or the effect of alternate expansion and contraction:
4. Baseball. to receive a base on balls.
5. Slang. to go on strike; stage a walkout: to be acquitted or to be released or fined rather than sentenced to jail:
6. to go about on the earth, or appear to living persons, as a ghost:
7. (of a tool, pointer, or pen of a recording device, etc.) to glide, slip, or move from a straight course, fixed position, or the like:
8. to conduct oneself in a particular manner; pursue a particular course of life:
9. Basketball. (of a player in possession of the ball) to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball.
10. Obsolete. to be in motion or action.

Origin of walking

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at walk, -ing², -ing¹

Examples for walking

But Andrew, walking like one dazed, had crossed the room slowly.

I am reminded of the story of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, VT) walking along the shores of Lake Champlain.

The day was excessively hot again, and walking was most fatiguing.

After walking block after block holding that container, he had suddenly discarded it and was now clutching a gun.

Uncle Peter did succeed in walking as far as Madison Square.

Below, on the terrace, Viviette was walking, and she filled his universe.

The walking Dead piled up an impressive body count in 2014, with Lizzie, Hershel, and Beth among its major casualties.

Other footage shows him fleeing, keeping to a quick walk, jogging briefly, then walking again as he heads for a subway station.

They became so brown and shriveled that they looked like walking beef jerky with New York accents.

"I wish you were entirely independent of Austin," said Viviette, walking with him up the lawn.