Word for the way you walk

Advanced English vocabulary: 11 ways to walk

She strolled along the beach.

stroll / saunter / mosey

To walk in a relaxed, leisurely way

• She strolled along the beach at sunset.

Note: “Stroll” can be both a noun and a verb. So you can also say “We took a stroll through the park” or “Let’s go for a stroll.”

stride

To walk with fast, long steps. “Stride” usually carries the idea of walking with energy and confidence

• The speaker strode across the stage and took the microphone.

pace

To walk back and forth, especially when nervous or bored

• Barry paced the floor in the hospital waiting room, waiting for the doctor to bring news about his wife and the baby.

stray

To go away from a group or from the correct path

• While hiking in the mountains, they strayed off the trail and ended up getting lost for several hours.

stumble / trip

To miss a step when walking or running, and almost fall

• My shoe got caught in a crack on the sidewalk, and I stumbled.

Note: “Trip” can describe the action of you falling, and in this case we can say “trip over” or “trip on” an object. “Trip” can also describe the action of the person or object that causes you to fall, and in this case we say “trip me,” trip him,” etc. For example:

• I tripped over the extension cord.
• The other player tripped me as I was running after the ball.

stagger / totter

To walk unsteadily, looking like you’re going to fall down. “Stagger” has more of a sense of heaviness than “totter.”

• The drunk man staggered across the bar.
• The baby tottered and then fell down.

roam

To travel or walk about with no fixed purpose or direction; wander. “Roam” often has a sense of being over long distances.

• We roamed the streets of the city, looking for something interesting to do.

traipse

To walk heavily, tiredly, or loudly

• I never go shopping with my wife – I can’t stand traipsing around the mall from store to store.

march

To walk at a consistent speed in rhythm with other people

• The soldiers began marching at the general’s command.

strut / parade

To walk in a proud way, trying to show off and impress other people

• She strutted around the office, showing everyone her expensive new handbag.

shuffle

To walk sliding your feet along the ground.

• I woke up at 4 A.M. and shuffled to the bathroom.

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Today, you’re going to learn 38 verbs of movement. Also check out Sound Words in English: Bang, Smash, Crash & 39 More.

There are loads of verbs of movement in English.

Think about how you walk, how you run, how you move things around and how things move without you even touching them.

So today, let’s look at some motion verbs — words to describe movement in English.

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Ways of walking

Ways of walking slowly

1. Shuffle

When he walks, his feet never leave the ground. He’s shuffling.

“Shuffle” can also mean “mix” when you’re talking about cards.

2. Stagger

He’s had one zombie cocktail too many.

He’s trying to walk, but he can barely stay vertical.

“Stagger” also has another meaning.

If you have too much work to do, don’t do it all at once!

Stagger it!

Do a bit, take a break, then do a bit more.

Ways of walking quickly

3. Bolt

She was right here.

Now she’s gone.

She ran away suddenly — very suddenly.

Horses can also bolt, and there’s an idiom about it: to close the stable (“horse house”) door after the horse has bolted. It means “try to prevent a problem when it’s already too late.”

4. Skip

The birds are singing; the sun is shining!

What a beautiful day.

Makes me want to skip to work.

So I will.

“Skip” means “walk with a little jump on each foot. Like you’re made of air.”

5. Sprint

Must be the fastest!

Go! Go! Go!

“Sprint” means “run as fast as you can.”

As a noun, it’s also an Olympic event: the 100 m sprint.

Ways of walking with attitude

6. March

Technically, this is the word we use for soldiers all walking at the same time in the same way — to show off how organised and scary the army is.

But if you’re walking quickly in a determined way — like when you’re angry, or when you want to feel like you own the room — then you march.

“He just marched in here and stole my sandwich. I was eating it!”

7. Strut

You know those guys who walk around in an arrogant way?

That’s strutting.

Think of macho guys at the gym.

Or peacocks.

8. Swagger

“Swagger” is similar to “strut.”

It’s basically an arrogant walk, but can be a little more aggressive.

I avoid people who swagger.

Ways of walking in a limited way

9. Crawl

It’s kind of like walking — but on your knees as well as on your feet.

It’s what babies do.

10. Hop

Walking. But with only one foot. Not two.

So … kind of jumping, I guess.

Other body movements

11. Duck

Not the animal.

The act of getting down quickly because some maniac has decided to start having fun with the cannon again.

I wish he wouldn’t keep doing that.

12. Leap

Jump! But jump far!

We also have the phrase “Look before you leap.”

It means “Don’t do anything risky without thinking about it properly first.”

13. Clap

You do it when you see someone play the piano amazingly.

Or when you’ve seen someone play the piano terribly, but because they’re only four years old, you don’t want to hurt their feelings.

So you clap.

14. Punch

Take your hand.

Close it into a fist.

Then punch the bag.

Try to only punch the bag, though, yeah?

15. Shrug

I don’t know what’s happening.

I don’t know what he’s doing.

I don’t know where we are.

That’s why I’m shrugging.

Stop asking me questions.

16. Tap

This means to hit something lightly.

Right now, I’m tapping my finger on the keyboard to create these wonderful words you’re reading.

You can also tap on the window for no reason whatsoever.

Like the guy in the picture above.

17. Swipe

I tried to draw a picture of a cat swiping, but it turned out like, uh, this:

So here’s the internet fixing it for you:

via GIPHY

Ways of moving something

18. Drop

Hold something. Then let go of it.

That’s dropping it!

If someone keeps talking about the same thing again and again and again, you can say “Drop it!”

It means “stop talking about this before I go mad.”

19. Bend

Take a metal pipe and try to break it.

Difficult, right?

You probably won’t break it.

But you might bend it — move it so that it’s not straight anymore.

Also, you can “bend the rules.” Not quite break them … but push them to their limit.

20. Flip

This means “quickly turn something over.”

Like when that gorilla flipped over your uncle’s car on safari once.

Or when you flip a coin to decide who has to tell Humphrey the bad news again.

Also, “flip out” means “go completely mad with anger.” Like Humphrey when he gets the bad news.

21. Poke

You might know this one from Facebook.

This basically means “push something sharp (but not too sharp) into something else.”

So you can poke someone (with your finger) as a friendly gesture (like on Facebook) or as an aggressive one (see the picture).

You can also poke someone with something.

“He poked the snake with a stick to make sure it was dead.”

22. Lift

Hold it. Pull it up.

Well done! You’ve lifted it!

23. Propel

Let’s make sure this thing goes as far as possible!

Kids might propel small pieces of paper across a classroom.

Or clowns might propel themselves out of cannons.

Does that really happen? Or is it a myth, like the elephants standing on top of each other?

24. Shake

Moving something side to side very fast.

You can shake a cocktail shaker.

Or you can shake your fist at the moon if you’re feeling particularly mad.

25. Twist

OK. This may not be entirely clear from the picture.

When you twist something, you move it in one direction with one hand and in the other direction with the other so it looks like this:

Ways of describing things moving

26. Bounce

It goes up.

It goes down.

It hits the ground.

Then it goes up again.

It bounces!

The whole sport of basketball is completely based on this phenomenon.

There’s also this rather ridiculous song. (Warning: loud and sudden.)

27. Glide

When things move beautifully through the air.

Like when you drop paper from a height.

Or the way birds move when they’re not flapping their wings.

28. Rise

When you lift something, you move it up.

If something lifts by itself, then it rises.

Like the sun in the morning.

Or bread in the oven.

29. Roll

When something turns over and over and over, it rolls.

Think about how your pen keeps rolling off the table. Annoying, isn’t it?

We can also roll something.

Like a cigarette.

Or those delicious stuffed vine leaves:

30. Slide

Moving along a smooth surface — usually downhill.

You can also slide something.

Have you ever seen people play curling? When they slide this big metal thing that looks like it belongs in Star Wars along the ice.

Weird, isn’t it?

31. Soar

Go up! And up! And up!

And just keep going up!

Think about how a rocket takes off.

Or the opposite of what the global economy did in 2008.

32. Spin

This means to go round and round and round in the same place.

Something can spin:

“The ballerina spun and spun and spun. No one knew when she would stop. Or whether she wasn’t, in fact, a robot.”

Or you can spin something:

“The girl spun the bottle once more, wondering whether or not she was a complete teenage cliché from the ‘80s created by a writer with no idea about what teenagers do these days.”

33. Sway

Think about how the trees move when it’s windy.

They creak and sway, right?

They move back and forth in the wind.

Or how a ship moves on a windy day.

34. Swing

The difference between “swing” and “sway” is very small.

They both involve moving backwards and forwards or from side to side.

However, when you swing, you’re usually moving from an unmoving point.

Think about the swing in the picture — the swing is attached to some rope, which is attached to the tree branch, which isn’t moving. So the movement is predictable and under control.

However, if you think about the plants swaying in the wind or the ship swaying in the storm, the movement is more unpredictable and less of a straight line.

It’s a small difference, but under it all, it’s all about “controlled” versus “random and organic.”

35. Swerve

Go forward. Keep going forward!

Look out for the rabbit in the middle of the road!

Turn right very suddenly!

“Swerve” means “make a sudden turn” — usually to avoid something.

36. Swoop

This is usually used for birds. It means “move downwards from the air quickly.”

37. Tumble

This means “fall in a clumsy and chaotic way.”

I usually think of rocks tumbling down a mountain.

Or someone tumbling down the stairs.

38. Wobble

This is such a pleasing word to say.

Go ahead — say it!

Feels good, doesn’t it?

What does it mean?

Good question.

This means “move from side to side randomly.”

Sometimes it’s used for things that aren’t very solid, like jelly.

Or sometimes we use it to show how unsteady something is:

“I still wobble when I try this yoga pose.”

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OK. There we go: 38 verbs of movement in English to increase your movement vocabulary.

So now, let’s practise!

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Full list of words from this list:

1. amble

   walk leisurely

2. careen

   move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way

3. falter

   move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

4. flounder

   move clumsily or struggle to move, as in mud or water

   Simple, blundering men who had
   floundered around trying to horn in.Hecht, Ben

5. limp

   walk impeded by some physical injury

6. lumber

   move heavily or clumsily

   “Here I am
   lumbering along to catch up, while she has so much energy,” Walker says.

7. lurch

   move suddenly or as if unable to control one’s movements

   In television series like “The Walking Dead” and video games like Zombie Panic,
   lurching corpses swarm the land, feasting on flesh.New York Times (Jan 13, 2012)

8. meander

   move or cause to move in a winding or curving course

   Just when I thought we had you
   meandering away from here, Lefty, you turned right round and came back.Standish, Burt L.

9. parade

   march in a procession

   Former players
   paraded through his living room for the chance to say hello.

10. prowl

    move about in or as if in a predatory manner

    Hightower said he believed trouble began with a few stray dogs
    prowling the area, but neighboring pets left free to roam soon joined the fray.

11. ramble

    move about aimlessly or without any destination

    We went ashore immediately, procured horses, and, having found our friends,
    rambled over the city, viewing the numerous public buildings by which it is adorned.Bourne, Benjamin Franklin

12. saunter

    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

    In June, some flights were delayed at Kennedy when about 100 turtles, seeking a place to lay their eggs,
    sauntered across a runway.New York Times (Dec 4, 2011)

13. skulk

    move stealthily

14. somnambulate

    walk in one’s sleep

    Poor down-pressed brother mortal;
    somnambulating so pacifically in Sleepy Hollow yonder, and making no complaint!Carlyle, Thomas

15. stagger

    walk with great difficulty

    He
    staggered but recovered himself again, and running a few yards farther dropped into a thicket, and wriggled under it on his hands and knees.Bindloss, Harold

16. stalk

    walk stiffly

    Abruptly he
    stalked on, humming to himself—a curious-looking being, with his painted face and dazed eyes under the broad-brimmed hat.Hornibrook, Isabel

17. stride

    walk with long steps

    Solemnly, with long
    strides, armor glistening, sword clanking, helmet in hand, the Swan Knight advanced and stood before the King.Bender, Millicent Schwab

18. stroll

    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

    As Franco finishes speaking, Bradley casually
    strolls in, freshened up after playing in a 5-0 demolition of a local fifth division team.New York Times (Jan 19, 2012)

19. strut

    walk in a proud, confident way

    People were all alike, no matter how they
    strutted or posed.Hecht, Ben

20. stumble

    miss a step and fall or nearly fall

21. swagger

    walk with a lofty proud gait

22. totter

    move without being stable, as if threatening to fall

    The rising fumes seemed to affect my head more than usual in that confined space, and I
    tottered a little as I worked.Allen, Grant

23. trudge

    walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

    He descried the younger thief
    trudging on slowly with his cow.Day, Lal Behari

24. waddle

    walk unsteadily

25. wade

    walk through relatively shallow water

    For a moment he was seen walking on jammed logs, alternately
    wading through shallow places, and then he was lost in the darkness.Gordon, Harry

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The way we walk often depends on how we feel – we walk differently when we are tired, happy, sad, afraid, full of energy – and the words that we use for walking often reveal the way that we feel at the time too. English words for walking can describe far more than just the physical action of walking, they can describe our emotions and the mood of a scene too.

Here are some of our favourites that offer you brilliant ways to be more descriptive in your English conversations as well as in your writing. Don’t be afraid to try them out the next time you write an English piece or talk with an English speaker.

Swagger – If you want to see someone swagger, just take a look at the music world. Rock ‘n’ rollers like Oasis’ Liam Gallagher are famous for their swagger, as are lots of hip hop artists, like Jay-Z. It means to walk in a very confident and arrogant or self-important manner, often swaying the shoulders forward and back in an exaggerated way. In slang terms, swagger has taken on a meaning besides just walking these days, and is used to talk about the way a person presents themselves to the world with a lot of confidence generally, not just in their walk.

Stagger – Don’t you just love the English language? Change just one letter in a word and the meaning can change completely! In this case swagger becomes stagger, and this means to walk with great difficulty, almost falling over as you walk. Drunk people are said to stagger home, zombies stagger, someone carrying something very heavy might stagger, and anyone who has injured their leg may also stagger too.

Strut – Here’s another term for walking that infers that you have confidence. Strutting means walking stiffly, upright, in an arrogant way, often to impress others. Supermodels strut down the catwalk, peacocks are said to strut, and people often strut down the street when they’re feeling confident and attractive.

Waddle – To waddle means to walk unsteadily, heavily and clumsily, using short steps and swaying from side to side. If someone is very overweight they’re said to waddle when they walk. It’s not just people that can waddle either, anything that moves in a slow, rocking motion could be said to waddle, for example, The boat waddled into the dock.

Amble – If you’re ambling then you’re certainly feeling very relaxed when you walk. To amble means to walk at a slow, relaxed and leisurely pace, as you might when you’re taking a walk in the park or through town on your day off.

Limp – walking with a limp is definitely bad news. If someone is limping then they’ve most likely suffered an injury. To limp means to walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury. So if you’ve ever stepped on an upturned plug or twisted your ankle and then tried to walk you’ll know exactly what limping is. Anything that lacks strength and stiffness can be described as limp too, such as a limp handshake, or limp prose.

Stroll – this walking word varies from all of our other examples, as it is typically used as a noun as well as a verb. As a verb it means to walk in a leisurely way, for example, I strolled around the lake. As a noun it is a name given to a short leisurely walk, for example, I took a stroll around the lake. While you will definitely hear people in English saying We’re just off out for a stroll, you would never hear them say We’re just off out for a stagger/amble/limp.

Have you come across any English words for walking that you love, or that you find interesting or unusual? We’d love to hear about them, so let us know in the comments below!

way you walk — перевод на русский

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Показать ещё примеры для «как ты ходишь»…

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way you walk

На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать грубую лексику.

На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.

свою походку

ваша походка

то, как вы ходите

то, как ты идешь

том, как вы ходите

то, как ты ходишь

то, как вы идете

Do you pay attention to the way you walk?

You must change the way you walk.

He may check your balance and the way you walk.

And one study has actually found that the way you walk can change several years before developing dementia.

И одно исследование на самом деле обнаружило, что как ты идешь может измениться за несколько лет до развития деменции.

About the way you walk and whisper…

Just walk the way you walk down the street.

Any problems with the way you walk (your gait).

Проблемы, связанные с вашей походкой (как вы ходите).

A recent study reveals that the way you walk this impacts your mood.

В рамках нового исследования было обнаружено, что ваша походка оказывает влияние на ваше настроение.

Problems with your gait (the way you walk)

Проблемы, связанные с вашей походкой (как вы ходите).

A change in the way you walk may be the first sign of an underlying medical condition.

Изменение в том, как вы ходите, может быть первым признаком основного заболевания.

For example, the way you walk.

I love the way you walk into a room and it lights up.

This revolutionary new technology can use the way you walk as a password

Новая технология доступа может использовать ваше тело как пароль

How the way you walk could be used to identify some types of dementia»

То, как вы идете, может быть использовано для выявления некоторых типов деменции

A chiropractor will also analyze the way you walk, your posture, the spinal alignment, and every small details about your past medical history.

Костоправ также будет анализировать походку, осанку, выровнить позвоночник, и всех мелких деталей о вашем анамнезе.

When one leg is significantly shorter than the other, it affects the way you walk, and can lead to irritation of a hip bursa.

Если одна нога значительно короче другой, страдает ваша походка, что может приводить в т.ч. к воспалению вертельной бурсы.

If you have a young attitude, then that can show in your face, the way you walk and move.

If left untreated, damage to your nervous system caused by a B12 deficiency could cause changes in the way you walk and move.

Без лечения повреждение вашей нервной системы, вызванное дефицитом B12, может привести к изменениям в том, как вы ходите и двигаетесь.

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