ALL meanings of walking
walk·ing
W w - adjective walking considered as a person who can or does walk or something that walks: The hospital is caring for six walking patients. He's walking proof that people can lose weight quickly. 2
- adjective walking used for or as an aid in walking: She put on her walking shoes and went out. 1
- adjective walking suitable for, characterized by, or consisting of walking: True sightseeing is a walking affair. We took a walking tour of Spain. 1
- adjective walking of or relating to an implement or machine drawn by a draft animal and operated or controlled by a person on foot: a walking plow. 1
- adjective walking of or relating to a mechanical part that moves back and forth. 1
- noun walking an act or instance of walking or going on foot. 1
- noun walking a period of walking for exercise or pleasure: to go for a walk. 1
- noun walking a distance walked or to be walked, often in terms of the time required: not more than ten minutes' walk from town. 1
- noun walking the gait or pace of a person or an animal that walks. 1
- noun walking a characteristic or individual manner of walking: It was impossible to mistake her walk. 1
- noun walking a department or branch of activity, or a particular line of work: They found every walk of life closed against them. 1
- noun walking Baseball. base on balls. 1
- noun walking a path or way for pedestrians at the side of a street or road; sidewalk. 1
- noun walking a place prepared or set apart for walking. 1
- noun walking a path in a garden or the like. 1
- noun walking a passage between rows of trees. 1
- noun walking an enclosed yard, pen, or the like where domestic animals are fed and left to exercise. 1
- noun walking the walk, race walking. 1
- noun walking a sheepwalk. 1
- noun walking a ropewalk. 1
- noun walking (in the West Indies) a plantation of trees, especially coffee trees. 1
- noun walking a group, company, or congregation, especially of snipes. 1
- noun walking 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. 1
- noun walking Archaic. manner of behavior; conduct; course of life. 1
- noun walking Obsolete. a haunt or resort. 1
- verb without object walking 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. 1
- verb without object walking to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure: We can walk in the park after lunch. 1
- verb without object walking (of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations or the effect of alternate expansion and contraction: He typed so hard that the lamp walked right off the desk. 1
- verb without object walking Baseball. to receive a base on balls. 1
- verb without object walking Slang. to go on strike; stage a walkout: The miners will walk unless they get a pay raise. to be acquitted or to be released or fined rather than sentenced to jail: If the prosecutor doesn't present his case well, the murderer may walk. 1
- verb without object walking to go about on the earth, or appear to living persons, as a ghost: to believe that spirits walk at night. 1
- verb without object walking (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: A regular drill bit may walk on a plastic surface when you first try to make a hole. When the earthquake started, the pen on the seismograph walked all over the paper. 1
- verb without object walking to conduct oneself in a particular manner; pursue a particular course of life: to walk humbly with thy God. 1
- verb without object walking Basketball. (of a player in possession of the ball) to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball. 1
- verb without object walking Obsolete. to be in motion or action. 1
- verb with object walking to proceed through, over, or upon at a moderate pace on foot: walking London streets by night; walking the floor all night. 1
- verb with object walking to cause to walk; lead, drive, or ride at a walk, as an animal: We walked our horses the last quarter of a mile. 1
- verb with object walking to force or help to walk, as a person: They were walking him around the room soon after his operation. 1
- verb with object walking to conduct or accompany on a walk: He walked them about the park. 1
- verb with object walking to move (a box, trunk, or other object) in a manner suggestive of walking, as by a rocking motion. 1
- verb with object walking Baseball. (of a pitcher) to give a base on balls to (a batter). 1
- verb with object walking to spend or pass (time) in walking (often followed by away): We walked the morning away along the beach. 1
- verb with object walking to cause or accomplish by walking: We saw them walking guard over the chain gang. 1
- verb with object walking to examine, measure, etc., by traversing on foot: to walk a track; to walk the boundaries of the property. 1
- verb with object walking Basketball. to advance (the ball) by taking more than two steps without dribbling or passing. 1
- verb with object walking Informal. to send (a person who has a reservation at a hotel) to another hotel because of overbooking: It's exasperating to find yourself walked when you arrive at a hotel late in the evening. 1
- idioms walking take a walk, Informal. to leave, especially abruptly and without any intention or prospect of returning (often used imperatively to indicate dismissal): If he doesn't get his way, he takes a walk. I don't need your advice, so take a walk. 1
- idioms walking walk (someone) through, to guide or instruct carefully one step at a time: The teacher will walk the class through the entire testing procedure before the real test begins. 1
- idioms walking walk Spanish, to be forced by another to walk on tiptoe. to walk cautiously. to be discharged or dismissed. to discharge or dismiss (someone). 1
- idioms walking walk the plank. plank (def 8). 1