gait

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gait
    n 1: the rate of moving (especially walking or running) [syn:
         {pace}, {gait}]
    2: a horse's manner of moving
    3: a person's manner of walking
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gait \Gait\, n. [See {Gate} a way.]
   1. A going; a walk; a march; a way.
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            Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks
            pass.                                 --Shak.
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   2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while
      moving.
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            'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "gait":
      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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