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Meaning of GAIT

Pronunciation:  geyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a person's manner of walking
  2. [n]  a horse's manner of moving
  3. [n]  the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
 
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 Synonyms: pace
 
 See Also: angry walk, beats per minute, bpm, canter, double time, flounce, gallop, hitch, hobble, jog trot, limp, locomotion, lope, lurch, M.M., metronome marking, pacing, prance, quick time, rack, rate, roll, saunter, single-foot, skip, stagger, stalk, strut, stumble, swagger, travel, trot, waddle, walk, walking

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gait\, n. [See {Gate} a way.]
1. A going; a walk; a march; a way.
         Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks
         pass.                                 --Shak.
2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while
   moving.
         'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. --Shak.
 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: pattern of locomotion.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Gait is one's manner of walking.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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