Walk

wawk, v.i. to move along leisurely on foot with alternate steps: to pace: to travel on foot: to conduct one's self: to act or behave: to live: to be guided by: ( coll. ) to move off, depart: to be stirring, move about, go restle ly about (as of a ghost).— v.t. to pa through or upon: to cause to walk.— n. act or manner of walking: gait: that in or through which one walks: distance walked over: place for walking, promenade: place for animals to exercise: path: high pasture-ground: conduct: course of life, sphere of action, a hawker's district or round: ( obs. ) a hunting-ground: ( pl. ) grounds, park ( obs. ).— adj. Walk′able , fit for walking.— ns. Walk′-around′ , a dancing performance by negroes in which a large circle is described, also the music for such; Walk′er , one who walks: ( law ) a forester: one who trains and walks young hounds: a gre orial bird; Walk′ing , the verbal noun of walk: pedestrianism; Walk′ing-beam , in a vertical engine, a horizontal beam, usually tru ed, that transmits power to the crankshaft through the connecting-rod; Walk′ing dre , a dre for the street or for walking; Walk′ing-fan , a large fan used out of doors to protect the face from the sun; Walk′ing-leaf , a leaf-insect; Walk′ing-stick , -cane , -staff , a stick, cane, or staff used in walking; Walk′ing-stick , also a sort of long, slender-bodied bug; Walk′ing-toad , a natterjack; Walk′-ō′ver , a race where one competitor appears, who has to cover the course to be entitled to the prize: an easy victory.— Walk about , a former order of an officer to a sentry, waiving the customary salute; Walk away from , to distance easily; Walk′er! a slang interjection of incredulity (also Hookey Walker! ); Walking gentleman , lady , a gentleman, lady, who plays ornamental but unimportant parts on the stage; Walk into ( coll. ), to beat: to storm at: to eat heartily of; Walk one's chalks , to quit, go away without ceremony; Walk tall , to behave haughtily; Walk the chalk , chalk-mark , to keep a correct course in manners or morals; Walk the hospitals , to be a student under clinical instruction at a general hospital or infirmary; Walk with , to attend as a sweetheart.— Heel-and-toe walk , a mode of walking in which the heel of one foot is put on the ground before the toe of the other leaves it. [A.S. wealcan , to roll, turn; cog. with Ger. walken , to full cloth.]