Meaning of GAIT
| Pronunciation: | | geyt
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- [n] a person's manner of walking
- [n] a horse's manner of moving
- [n] the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
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| | Synonyms: | | pace |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | pattern of locomotion. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Gait is one's manner of walking. |
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| | 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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