Gait
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English
Noun
Gait (plural Gaits)- Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
- Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait.
- (horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
Verb
Gait (third-person singular simple present Gaits, present participle Gaiting, simple past and past participle Gaited)
- To teach a specific gait to a horse.
Adjectives for Gait
staid; swinging; rolling; stooping; shuffling; awkward; majestical; unremitted; aerie; true; haggard; lofty; shambling; weary; gentle; traveling; unnatural; pacing; common; ponderous; rapid; stately; princely; habitual; heavy; feeble; swaggering; musing; measured; lumbering.
Verbs for Gait
change—; fix—; go at—; hobble in—; limp in—; lumber in—; mimic—; mock—; prac¬tise—; quicken—; recognize—; settle down to—; shift—; slacken—; slow up—; solemnize—; stagger in—; steady—; stumble in—.
Thesaurus
amble, bat, career, celerity, clip, drag, droop, flounce, gallop, hitch, hobble, jog, lick, limp, lock step, lurch, mince, mincing steps, pace, paddle, piaffer, prance, progress, quickness, rack, rapidity, rate, roll, saunter, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, slink, slither, slouch, slowness, stagger, stalk, step, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, swagger, swiftness, swing, toddle, totter, travel, tread, trot, velocity, waddle, walk
Pronunciation
Etymology
gate, from Old Norse gata (road).
