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WA - WANDERLUST
WADDLE - verbs
• DAIDLE to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily ...1808 Sc.
• DATCHEL to waddle ...1825 Sc.
• DATCHLE to waddle; to walk in a careless manner, with clothes ill adapted to the shape of the wearer ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FADLE † to walk in a clumsy manner, to waddle ...1808 Sc.
• FAIDLE † to walk in a clumsy manner, to waddle ...1808 Sc.
• QUADDLE to waddle ..1886 Eng. dial.
• QUODDLE † to waddle ...1662
• SCASHLE to twist, to turn away; to tread on the side of one's feet; to turn one's toes outward; to walk in a waddling, shuffling manner; to be careless about one's dress ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WAGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALTER † to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle ...1399
• WUGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc.
WADDLING - adverbs
• SCASH in a twisted manner; with a waddling, shuffling gait ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE in a waddling, shuffling manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
WADE - verbs
• LAGGEN to splash in the water; to walk in the water with bare feet ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIG to wade ...1802 Sc.
• SLONK † to wade through or sink in mire; to make a splashing noise as when walking with shoes full of water, or when wading through mire ...1824 Sc.
WADING - nouns
• PADDLE the act of wading with short steps in water or mud; the act of walking with short, quick steps ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VADDLE a wading place; a shallow pool at the head of a bay or creek ...Bk1905 Sc.
WAFFLE - nouns
• COLLISION MATS pancakes; waffles ...World War II Amer. sl.
WAG - verbs
• WAFF to wave, to cause to move to and fro with a regular motion; to wag ...1807 Sc.
WAGER - see BET
WAGES - adjectives
• IN GOOD ADDLE earning good wages ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• IN THE MONEY receiving good wages or a large salary ...c1934 sl.
WAGES - nouns
• ADDLINGS wages, earnings; savings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTY workmen's wages, perquisites ...Bk1898 sl.
• BENEFIT wages paid in kind ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIG MONEY a large amount of money, high wages or salary ...1888 orig. US
• BIG PAY high wages or salary ...1915 US
• DAILY one's wages ...1900s sl.
• DARK MONEY extra wages paid for night work ...1970 UK railwaymen's sl.
• DARK TIME extra wages paid for night work ...1970 UK railwaymen's sl.
• DAY-TALE WAGES wages paid by the day ...1560
• D FOR DUNCE 'bunce'; perks, bonuses, inducements to act or work; money or goods earned on top of wages ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• EDDLINS earnings, wages ...1887 Sc.
• ETTLINS earnings, wages ...1887 Sc.
• FANGINGS wages, earnings, takings ...1846 Eng. dial.
• FEES † wages ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• GAGES † wages ...1562 Sc.
• GREENGAGES wages ...1931 rhyming sl.
• HANGMANS WAGES money paid beforehand for work ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ONCES wages ...L19 sl.
• PARKERING NINTY wages ...M19 sl.
• RAISE an increase in salary or wages ...L19 sl.
• ROCK OF AGES wages ...1937 rhyming sl.
• SAME OLD THREE AND FOUR a weekly wage, 6 days at 3 shillings and 4 pence a day gives £1 for a 6-day week ...L19 sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT weekly pay, wages, money for marketing ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCRAN earnings, wages ...1869 Eng. dial.
• SCREW wages ...1858 sl.
• STAKE wages ...1853 sl.
• SUB an advance payment of wages or salary ...1866 Brit. sl.
• TAKE wages ...1990s sl.
• TIME wages due, esp. at the cessation of employment; frequently used in reference to quitting, firing, or being fired ...1887 Amer. dial.
WAGES - nouns, person
• DAILY-BREAD a wage-earner; the working head of the family ...c1890 colloq.
• WAGES-FELLOW † one who receives wages; used contemptuously ...1641
• WAGE SLAVE anyone reliant on the income generated by regular employment ...1964 UK sl.
• WAGES-MAN a man who works for wages ...1888 Aust.
WAGES - verbs
• BATE to reduce a workman's wages; esp. to make deduction on account of careless work, etc. ...1869 Eng. dial.
• BREAK to lower prices or wages ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EAGLE FLY to pay wages ...1950s US Black sl.
• FANG † to receive as a gift, or as one's due; to earn as wages; also, to accept as one's lot ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KNOCK OUT to earn as wages ...1871 sl.
• SCRAWL to make a scanty subsistence; to live on uncertain wages ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUB to pay someone a 'sub', or advance on wages or salary ...1874 Brit. sl.
• WAGE † to pay wages to ...1393 now rare or obs.
WAGGERY - nouns
• WAGSOME addicted to waggery; mischievous ...1869 nonce word
• WAGSHIP † waggery, waggishness, mischief, practical joking ...1607
WAGGING - nouns
• JECTIGATION † a wagging, a tremulous movement ...a1693
WAGGISH - adjectives
• OFF-TAKING joking, waggish ...1895 Sc.
• WANTON † of persons: jovial, given to broad jesting, waggish; also, free from care ...c1386
WAGON - adjectives
• VECTARIOUS * belonging to a coach, wagon, or any carriage ...1656
WAGON - nouns
• AVALANCHE a spring wagon ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BARGE orig. a horse-drawn wagon or sleigh used for transporting a large number of people; now also a bus, esp. a school bus ...1882 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY HATCH a wagon or sleigh with a removable hood ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAR a wheeled vehicle or conveyance; a carriage, chariot, cart, wagon, etc. ...1382
• FARMER'S BOOTJACK a wagon wheel ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GRUB WAGON a chuck wagon ...1917 Amer. sl.
• GUT TRUCK a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock ...1983 Amer. sl.
• GUT-WAGON a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock ...1925 Amer. sl.
• HEAVY a stage wagon for the conveyance of goods ...1847
• QUILL-WHEEL a rickety wagon ...1892 Amer. dial.
• TILT an awning or cover for a cart or wagon, usually of canvas or tarpaulin ...1620
• VARDO † a wagon ...1812 cant
• WAIN a large open vehicle, drawn by horses or oxen, for carrying heavy loads, esp. of agricultural produce, usually four-wheeled; a wagon ...c1250
• WAINAGE the drawing of wagons ...1894 Eng. dial.
• WAINFUL * as much as a wain will hold; a wain-load ...1713
• WAIN-THOFTS † the seats in a wagon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WAGON - nouns, person
• VARDO-GILL † a wagoner ...Bk1812 cant
• WAINER the driver of a wain, a wagoner ...a1500
• WAINMAN † the driver of a wain, a wagoner ...1392
• WAINWRIGHT a wagon-builder ...c1000
WAGON - verbs
• FILL to pull or draw a wagon or carriage ...1883 Amer. dial.
• WAIN † to transport in a wain or carriage ...c1200
WAIF - nouns, person
• WAFF a waif, a vagabond, a vagrant ...1808 Sc.
• WAIF-CHILD † a waif; a foundling ...1681-2 Eng. dial.
• WAIFINGER † a waif; a stray ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WAIL - nouns
• LAMACHEELIE a noisy lamentation, a loud wail, an outcry ...1925 Sc.
• LAMACHREE a noisy lamentation, a loud wail, an outcry ...1925 Sc.
• ULLAGONE a cry of lamentation; a wail; a funeral lament ...1828 Anglo-Irish
• ULULATION a howl or wail; a cry of lamentation ...1599
• VAGIT † a cry, lamentation, wail ...1627
• WALLACH a scream, a howl, a wail ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAMMER a cry of lamentation, a wail; a loud outcry, shout, yell; lamentation, querulous utterance; a whimpering, a continuous loud complaining; grumbling ...1500-20 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WAIL - verbs
• BLOWTER † to blubber; to weep effusively; to wail or lament with many tears ...?16C
• MEAN to utter a moaning sound, to wail; to complain, to bemoan to indicate pain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANE to wail or complain incessantly ...1899 Sc.
• SANNICK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNY to utter a whining, wailing cry without apparent cause ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SONNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ULLAGONE to wail or lament loudly ...1828 Anglo-Irish
• ULULATE to howl or wail; to lament loudly ...1623
• YAMMER † to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARM † to utter a discordant or mournful cry; to shriek, to scream, to yell, to howl, to wail ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YEI † a cry, a wail ...a1225
WAILING - adjectives
• ULULATIVE † wailing, lamenting ...1490
• ULULATORY howling, wailing ...1831
• VAGIENT † of infants: crying, squalling, wailing ...1628
• WAILISH † given to wailing, querulous ...c1550
• YAMMERING † crying with grief, wailing ...1536 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WAILING - nouns
• EJULATION † wailing, lamentation ...a1619
• ULULATION the act of howling or wailing ...1799
• ULULU a wailing cry; a wail of lamentation ...1854
• WAILMENT † wailing, lamentation ...1593
• YAMMERING † a cry of grief; a wailing ...1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WAIST - nouns
• MIDDLE the waist, the middle part of the body ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIDDLE-BONES the waist ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THIN OF THE SIDE, THE. the waist ...1901 Sc.
WAIT - nouns, person
• ONWAITER one who waits for something ...c1610 Sc.
WAIT, WAITING - verbs
• BEHAD to stop, to wait; to hold, to maintain, to hold as certain ...1768 Sc.
• BEHOLD † to 'hold,' to stop, to wait ...a1670
• BELAY to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard ...1931 Amer. dial.
• COOL ONE'S TOES to have to wait ...c1660
• DANGLE to keep waiting ...1960s sl.
• HARKEN † to lie in wait; to wait ...1580
• HEARKEN † to lie in wait; to wait ...1580
• KEEP † to watch for, to wait for, to await a coming event or person ...c1000
• LAY CHILLY to lie low; to wait patiently; to remain motionless ...1978 US sl.
• LAY FOR to lie in wait for; to plan revenge against, to be out to get ...1865 Amer. dial.
• LET † to delay, to tarry, to wait ...c1385
• LIE AT THE CATCH † to lie in wait; to be on the watch for an opportunity of catching or seizing something, esp. of catching a person's words, finding fault, making objections, etc. ...1642
• PRESTOLATE † to await, to wait for ...1653 nonce word
• SIT † to lie in wait or in ambush ...c825
• SIT CHILLY to lie low; to wait patiently; to remain motionless ...1988 US sl.
• STOOGE to idle, to wait around ...1940s sl.
• STRING ALONG to keep a person waiting or in a state of uncertainty ...colloq.
• TAKE ONE'S HURRY to take one's time; to wait ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THOOTLE to endure; to wait ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAIT ON to wait for someone or something ...1817 Amer. dial.
WAIT - interjections, phrases
• HALF A MO wait a moment, hang on ...L19 sl.
• HALF A TICK wait a bit, hang on ...1910s sl.
• HOLD HARD! wait a moment! stop! ...c1760
• HOLD IT! wait! stay in precisely that position ...c1910 colloq.
• HOLD YOUR HORSES! wait! ...1842 US sl.
• WAIT UP! wait for me! ...1944 US sl.
WAITER, WAITRESS - nouns, person
• APRONER a barman, a waiter ...c1600 colloq.
• BEANERY QUEEN a waitress ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BEAN JOCKEY a table waiter, on kitchen police duty ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BISCUIT-SHOOTER a waitress; sometimes a waiter; a waiter in a logging camp ...1893 US sl.
• CADGER a waiter who hangs about to wait for gratuities ...c1870 sl.
• COOKIE-PUSHER a waitress ...1936 US sl.
• DASH a tavern waiter ...c1660 sl.
• FINDER a waiter ...19C Cambridge sl.
• FLUNKY in mining and logging camps: a waiter ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GARÇON a boy, serving-man, waiter; in English use, chiefly a waiter in a French hotel or restaurant ...1839
• HASHER a waiter or waitress ...1916 US sl.
• HASH-SLINGER a waiter or waitress ...1868 US sl.
• KNIGHT OF THE NAPKIN a waiter ...Bk1902 sl.
• NIPPY orig. a waitress in any of the restaurants of J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. London, and hence to any waitress ...1925 Brit. sl.
• PUNK a lackey; a waiter; a porter ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SKINK * a tapster or waiter ...1603
• TENDER a waiter ...1865 Eng. dial.
• WAITER-ON a waiter ...1884 Eng. dial.
WAITER, WAITRESS - verbs
• DEAL THEM OFF THE ARM to wait at tables ...1930s US sl.
• HUSTLE HASH to work as a waiter or waitress ...L19 sl.
• SLING HASH to wait at tables ...1906 US sl.
WAITING - adjectives
• ON A LEAN waiting ...1910s Aust. sl.
WAITING - nouns
• ABODE † the act of waiting; delay ...a1250
• ON-WAITING the act of 'waiting on', i.e. waiting for, something; a tarrying for the accomplishment of what is desired or expected; an awaiting ...c1610 Sc.
• TARRIANCE † abiding in expectation; awaiting, waiting ...1561
WAITING - verbs
• COOL ONE'S TOES † to be kept waiting ...1665
• KICK ONE'S HEELS to be kept waiting
WAKE, WAKEFUL - adjectives
• LEVISOMNOUS †* watchful, soon waked; light-sleeping ...1656
• WACKER easily awakened; wakeful ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WACKERSOME wakeful, wide-awake ...1858 Eng. dial.
• WAKERIFE indisposed to sleep, wakeful, vigilant, watchful ...c1480 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAKERLY † wakeful, watchful ...c1400
• WAKRONG †* wakeful ...1340-70
• WAKY † wakeful ...a1541
• WHACKER wakeful, easy to be awaked ...B1900 Eng. dial.
WAKE - nouns
• BOILING WATER a boat's wake ...1965 Amer. dial.
WAKE - nouns
• DEATHWATCH a wake ...1968 Amer. dial.
WAKE, WAKEFUL, WAKEN - verbs
• ADAW † to wake up, to awake, from sleep, swoon, etc. ...c1300
• CALL ONE OUT to wake someone ...1954 Amer. dial.
• DARE UP to wake or rouse up a person that is asleep or dying ...1873 Eng. dial.
• DAW † to recover from a swoon; to awake from sleep, to arouse ...c1314 obs. exc. Sc.
• KNOCK UP to wake someone by knocking on their door or window ...1663 Brit. sl.
• RAISE to rouse, to awaken ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RALLY to rouse; to wake a person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SURFACE to get up or leave one's room in the morning ...1963 sl.
• VIGILATE †* to be wakeful or sleepless ...1758
WAKE - interjections
• WAKEY, WAKEY, EGGS AND BAKEY! used for calling someone from sleep to breakfast ...2000 US sl.
• WAKEY, WAKEY, HANDS OFF SNAKIE! used for humorously waking up a male ...1985 Aust. sl.
WAKEFULLY - adverbs
• WAKERIFELIE wakefully ...Bk1905 Sc.
WAKEFULNESS - nouns
• WAKE † the state of wakefulness, esp. during normal hours of sleep ...a1250
• WAKERIFENESS the state of wakefulness; sleeplessness ...1891 Sc.
WAKE-UP - nouns
• WAKEY-WAKEY a wake-up call ...2001 UK sl.
WAKE UP - interjections
• DROP YOUR COCKS AND GRAB YOUR SOCKS! wake up!; addressed to sleepers in a forecastle or barracks ...1942 US nautical & military sl.
WALES - adjectives
• CAMBRIAN pert. to Wales; Welsh ...1656
• VENEDOTIAN pert. to North Wales ...1841
WALES - nouns
• ITCHLAND Wales ...1690 sl.
• TAFFYLAND Wales ...E17 sl.
WALES, WELSH - nouns, person
• CAMBRIAN a Welshman ...1780
• LEEK † a Welshman ...c1700 cant
• MOUNTAIN-PECKER a Welshman ...L19 sl.
• RAGLER † the chief officer in a Welsh commot; a sheriff or constable ...1408
• TAFF (often derogatory) a Welsh person; often used as a nickname ...1929 sl.
• TAFFY (often derogatory) a Welsh person; often used as a nickname ...1929 sl.
• WALESMAN † a Welshman ...1591
• WELSHIE a Welsh person ...1951 sl.
• WELSHY a Welsh person ...1951 sl.
WALK - adjectives/adverbs
• AGROUND on foot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BY HAND on foot ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LAID OFF THE FEET unable to walk ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SHIG-SHOG at a jog-trot; with a jerky walk ...1897 Eng. dial.
WALK - nouns
• BAIRGE an affected bobbing walk ...1825 Sc.
• BALL a walk ...20C rhyming sl. (Ball of Chalk)
• DANDER a stroll, a slow walk ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAUNDER a stroll, a slow walk, a saunter ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWNER a stroll, a slow walk ...1821 Sc.
• DEAMBULATION the act of walking abroad or talking a walk ...a1529
• DEAMBULATORY a place to walk in for exercise; esp. a covered walk or cloister ...1430
• DEAMBULATOUR † a place to walk in for exercise; esp. a covered walk or cloister ...1513 Sc.
• DUKE OF CORK a walk ...1940s rhyming sl.
• EARL OF CORK a walk ...1940s rhyming sl.
• GANGSTER LEAN a style of driving a car in which the driver lean towards the right side of the car, leaning on an arm rest, steering with the left hand; hence, a slouching walk or posture ...1973 US sl.
• GRIND a walk taken for exercise ...M19 university sl.
• GUY a walk; hence, an expedition or journey ...1889 rhyming sl. for 'Guy Fawkes', a walk
• HAGGLE a struggle, a laborious effort; a fatiguing walk, owing to a burden, distance, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• HALLINES a Sunday holiday walk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMMER clumsy, noisy working or walking ...1866 Sc.
• JAUNT a fatiguing or troublesome walk or journey ...1592
• JICKER a walk at a smart pace; a smart trot ...18C Sc.
• KIMIMBLE an exaggerated, identifiable pimp walk ...1960s US Black sl.
• PAD a walk ...M19 sl.
• PADDLING-WALK a gait in which the steps are made very short ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• RAXTER a long walk ...B1900 Sc.
• SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY a short walk; also, ironically, an excuse for not stirring ...B1900
• SALLY-OOT an idle, aimless walk ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SASHAY a walk; an excursion ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SCOUR rate, pace; a quick walk, a race ...1796 Sc.
• SHIG-SHOG a pace between a walk and a trot; a jog-trot; a shaking motion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• STOY a leisurely walk; a saunter ...1866 Sc.
• STRAM a walk; a society parade ...1869 colloq.
• STRETCH a walk ...Bk1904 sl., orig. university
• THOMSON'S MARE Shank's pony, walking on one's one feet ...1893 Sc.
• TODDLE a leisurely walk, a stroll ...1825
• VAGE a journey by land or water; a voyage; an errand; a walk; especially used of an expedition attended with toil ...1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALKATHON a long-distance walk organized to raise money for charity ...US colloq.
• WALLOW † a rolling walk or gait ...1676
WALK - verbs
• AEROBATE * to walk as if on the air ...1835
• ANKLE to walk ...1920s Amer. dial.
• ANKLE AROUND to walk ...1920s sl., orig. US
• ANTEAMBULATE † to walk before, as an usher ...1623
• ANTIGODLE to walk sexily or flirtatiously ...1973 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOGLE to walk sexily or flirtatiously ...1973 Amer. dial.
• ARM to walk arm-in-arm ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUNTER to walk, to saunter ...1790 Sc.
• AUWANA to wander about aimlessly; to go by walking ...1938 Hawaii
• BACK ONE'S MAINTOPSAIL to slow down in walking; to come to a halt ...1856 Amer. nautical sl.
• BADGE to walk heavily; to plod, to trudge ...1923 Sc.
• BAIGLE 1. to walk slowly, as if much fatigued ...1825 Sc.
2. of a child: to run or walk with short steps ...1825 Sc.
3. to walk with a jerk or spring upwards ...1825 Sc.
• BAIRGE to walk with a jerk or spring upwards ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAISE to move or walk with energy ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BALTER to tread heavily and clumsily; to walk unsteadily, to stumble ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BAMBLE to shamble, to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAT to walk at a quick pace ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTER to labour or walk at a great rate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUCHLE to shamble, to walk loosely; to wear shoes out of shape ...1856 Sc.
• BEAT to bruise the feet with excessive walking ...1708 Eng. dial.
• BEAT IT ON THE HOOF † to go on foot ...1691
• BEAT THE HOOF † to go on foot ...1687
• BEAT THE STREETS to walk up and down; to run about idly ...c1375
• BELLOWS to walk hurriedly, to go panting along ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BENSE to walk or move violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEVIS to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEVISH to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAD to take long steps, treading heavily ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGUE to wander, to walk aimlessly; to trudge; to move slowly ...1775 Amer. dial.
• BOOT IT to walk ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BOTTLE to walk in a hurry ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• BROGUE to walk, to hike, to trudge; to wander or go about aimlessly ...1883 Amer. dial.
• CARRY THE BANNER to walk the streets all night; to endure the hardship of loss of sleep ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CATAGOGGLE to walk sideways ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CATSTEP to walk quietly ...1955 Amer. dial.
• DACKER to walk totteringly as from feebleness or infirmity; to toddle ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DADDLE to walk totteringly or unsteadily, like a child...1787 Eng. dial.
• DADE 1. to lead; to hold up a child beginning to walk; to support; to walk arm in arm ...1874 Eng. dial.
2. to walk slowly; to walk with help ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DADGE to saunter; to walk slowly and clumsily ...1747 Eng. dial.
• DADJELL to walk in a careless manner, with clothes not adapted to the shape of the wearer; to stroll ...1824 Sc.
• DAGGLE to walk in a slovenly way (through mud or mire); to drag or trail about ...1705
• DAIDLE to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily ...1808 Sc.
• DANDER 1. to stroll, to saunter, to walk aimlessly, idly, or uncertainly; to wander ...1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. to walk in a lively, brisk manner ...1910s UK criminals' sl.
• DAPP to walk clumsily or awkwardly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DATCHLE to waddle; to walk in a careless manner, with clothes ill adapted to the shape of the wearer ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DAVER to move or walk as if dazed or stupefied; to stagger ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DEAMBULATE † to walk abroad ...1623
• DIDDLE to walk unsteadily, to toddle ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DING ON to walk rapidly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOVER to wonder aimlessly or confusedly; to walk unsteadily ...E19 Sc.
• DRIVE TURKEYS TO MARKET to be unable to walk straight ...1869
• DRUTTLE to be slow in motion, to make little progress in walking ...19C Scot
• FADDLE to waste time; to dawdle, to walk slowly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FADGE to trot gently; to go at a pace between walking and trotting; to walk with difficulty owing to corpulency ...1864 Eng. dial.
• FADLE † to walk in a clumsy manner, to waddle ...1808 Sc.
• FAIDLE † to walk in a clumsy manner, to waddle ...1808 Sc.
• FAMP to tread heavily; to walk with a firm foot ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FAN ONE'S ASS to move, to walk ...1960s US Black sl.
• FAUCHLE to walk with difficulty, or from lack of strength; to trudge, to plod; to move the feet awkwardly or heavily ...1866 Sc.
• FLANE to walk idly; to saunter
• FOOT IT to walk ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FRIBBLE † to falter, to totter in walking ...1709
• GAD THE HOOF to walk without shoes ...1839 sl.
• GAM IT to walk, to run; to run away ...19C UK criminals sl.
• GAMMOCK to gossip, to idle; to potter, to walk about aimlessly ...1863 Eng. dial.
• GAN to walk ...1866 Eng. dial.
• GANDEL † to walk like a gander ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANDER to walk ...1934 US sl.
• GANG † to walk, to go ...c950 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GET OFF OF THE SPOT to get along, to walk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GO BY AIR to go on foot in the open air, rather than in a vehicle; to walk ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GO BY ANKLE EXPRESS to walk ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GO BY SHOE-LEATHER EXPRESS to go on foot, to walk ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GO FOR A TA-TA of a child: to go for a walk ...L19 nursery usage
• GO IN THE MARROWBONE COACH to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• GO IN THE MARROWBONE STAGE to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• GO IN THE MARYLEBONE COACH to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• GO IN THE MARYLEBONE STAGE to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• GO LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER to go quickly; to walk fast ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GO ON A NAG OF TEN TOES to walk ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• GO ON MARE'S SHANKS to go on foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO ON NUMBER TWO to walk, to go on foot ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GO ON PAT AND CHARLIE to walk, to go on foot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GO ON TEN TOES to walk ...1830 Eng. dial.
• GO ON TOM AND JERRY to walk, to go on foot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GO TA-TAS of a child: to go for a walk ...L19 nursery usage
• GUMSHOE to walk quietly and stealthily ...20C Amer. sl.
• HAINCHIL to rock from side to side in walking ...1825 Sc.
• HAMBLE to walk feebly or awkwardly; to walk lame; to limp; to stumble ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAMMER to work or walk in a clumsy, noisy manner; to stumble ...a1786 Sc.
• HANK to walk arm in arm with; to link arms ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAUCHLE to walk lamely or with difficulty; to hobble, to drag the feet along the ground ...1895 Sc. & N. Ireland
• HAUVE to walk blunderingly or stupidly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAVE IT AWAY to walk, to leave; to exit ...1950s sl.
• HAVE ONE'S LIMBS to have the use of one's limbs; to walk ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HAWK to walk rapidly; to pursue closely ...1971 Amer. dial.
• HELE to walk, to go ...1938 Hawaii
• HENCHIL to rock from side to side in walking ...1825 Sc.
• HOAVE to walk blunderingly or stupidly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HOBNAIL EXPRESS to walk, to travel by foot ...1950s NZ sl.
• HORSE IT to walk or go quickly ...1895 US sl.
• HOSS IT to walk or go quickly ...1968 US sl.
• HUCK IT to walk ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HYTER-SKYTER to walk with tottering steps ...B1900 Sc.
• INAMBULATE †* to walk up and down in a place ...1656
• JAIL to walk fast, to hurry along ...1864 Eng. dial.
• JAKE-WALK to hobble; to walk more heavily on one foot than the other ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JALE to walk fast, to hurry along ...1864 Eng. dial.
• JALK to walk in a clumsy, laborious manner, as if walking through mire ...1908 Sc.
• JAMPH to trifle, to spend time idly; to walk in a slow, idle manner ...1788 Sc.
• JAUMPH to trifle, to spend time idly; to walk in a slow, idle manner ...1788 Sc.
• JAUNT * to walk or move jauntily ...1890
• JET to strut; to walk pompously ...1587 sl.
• JICKER to go quickly about anything; to walk smartly ...1789 Sc.
• KEB to turn in the knee or toes in walking ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S LEGS to remain standing or walking ...1706
• KIKE to walk ...1979 US sl.
• KIKE IT to walk ...1979 US sl.
• KIMBLE to walk in the exaggerated style of a pimp ...1960s US Black sl.
• KIMIMBLE to walk in the exaggerated style of a pimp ...1960s US Black sl.
• KNOCK ANTHONY to walk knock-kneed ...18C Eng. sl.
• LAB to walk with a long swinging step ...1788 Sc.
• LACE to walk or go rapidly; to go along at great speed ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAGGER to walk lazily or with difficulty as in carrying a heavy burden; to shamble ...1866 Sc.
• LALLOP to lounge or loll about; to walk awkwardly or skippingly; to move heavily ...1745
• LAMP to take long, springing or prancing steps; to stride, to step out, to walk smartly and deliberately. to hurry onwards ...a1605 Sc.
• LAMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1727 Eng. dial.
• LEADING-STRINGS strings with which children used to be guided and supported when learning to walk ...1677
• LEER † to walk stealthily or with averted looks; to slink away ...1586
• LEG IT to walk rapidly or run ...colloq.
• LOB-ALONG to walk lazily or awkwardly ...1856 Eng. dial.
• LOCOMOTE to move about from place to place; to walk ...1846
• LOCO-MOVE † to move about from place to place; to walk ...1792 nonce word
• LOMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1893 Eng. dial.
• LOP to walk heavily, making a lot of noise ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LOUNDER to lounge; to walk about idly or awkwardly; to flounder, run, scamper ...1893 Eng. dial.
• MACK to swagger; to walk rhythmically ...1963 US Black sl.
• MAJOR † to walk with a military air, to swagger ...1814 Eng. dial.
• MAJOR ABOUT to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Eng. dial.
• MAJOR UP AND DOWN to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A VIRGINIA FENCE * to walk unsteadily, as a drunkard; to stagger in a zigzag course ...1745 Amer.
• MAKE BY to excel; to walk or run past ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAKE Ms AND Ws to be drunk; to walk in a zigzag fashion ...19C Brit. sl.
• MINCE to walk or dance with short steps, in a mincing or affected manner ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCH to walk mincingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIZZLE to abscond; to run away; to clear out, to disappear; to go, to walk ...1781
• MOG to walk along slowly but steadily; to move gently ...1857 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MOG ALONG to walk, to move, esp. slowly or aimlessly; to depart ...1890 Amer. dial.
• NAFF to walk with short steps ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NAFFLE to walk with short steps ...Bk1866 Sc.
• NAMBLE to walk as if in pain; to turn in the toes ...1892 Eng. dial.
• NIP AND TWITCH to walk with short mincing steps ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OAF to walk stupidly; to act in a foolish, childish manner; to play the fool ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OAF ABOUT to walk stupidly; to act in a foolish, childish manner; to play the fool ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBAMBULATE * to walk about; to wander hither and thither ...1614
• OFFLE to walk in a lazy, slouching, aimless manner; to shuffle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OMBLE to walk slowly and with difficulty; to totter or stagger on ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAD to walk; to wander ...M17 sl.
• PADDLE 1. to walk with short, unsteady, or uncertain steps, like those of a child; to toddle ...1792
2. to lead or support a child learning to walk ...1828 Eng. dial.
• PADDYBASS to walk back and forth ...1993 Amer. dial.
• PAD IT to travel on foot; to walk; to tramp or trudge along, esp. as a vagrant or person seeking work ...1610
• PAD THE HOOF to go on foot; to walk; tramp ...1824
• PAD THE ROAD to go on foot; to move or travel slowly ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAIDLE to walk, esp. to walk slowly or with short steps; to totter, to toddle; to wander about ...1808 Sc.
• PAIK to walk steadily and continuously ...1827 Sc.
• PAISE to walk about leisurely or lazily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALCH to walk softly and slowly, esp. through mud ...1746 Eng. dial.
• PALMER to walk clumsily and with much noise ...1896 Sc.
• PALMER HOUSE to walk flat-footed ...1930s US Black sl.
• PAT AND JERRY to walk, to go on foot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PERIPATETICATE † with it: to walk on foot ...1793 nonce word
• PERUSE to wander, to saunter, to prowl; to walk in a leisurely manner; to make one's way ...1853 Amer. dial.
• POP STYLE of a woman: to walk in a provocative manner or to act stylishly ...1950s W. Indies sl,
• PULL ON SHANK'S HORSES to go on foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUAT to walk in an undignified manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACOON to walk about at night, like a raccoon ...1855 nonce word
• RAIK † to go, to proceed, to make one's way; to walk, to stroll, to wander ...c1340
• RALLY to walk backwards and forwards in disorder ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAM-STAM to walk, rush or blunder about in a headlong, impetuous manner ...1816 Sc.
• REDAMBULATE †* to walk back ...1623
• REEL-RALL to move or work in a confused manner; to disarrange; to walk in an aimless, disorderly fashion ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIDE BAYARD OF TEN TOES to go on foot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RIDE BY THE MARROWBONE COACH to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• RIDE BY THE MARROWBONE STAGE to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• RIDE CHANCEY'S MARE to go on foot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RIDE IN THE MARROW-BONE COACH to go on foot ...1838
• RIDE IN THE MARROW-BONE STAGE to go on foot ...1838
• RIDE ON THE BEETLE to walk on foot with a party on horseback ...1824 Sc.
• RIDE SHANK'S COLT to ride Shank's mare ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S HORSE to go on foot ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S HORSES to go on foot ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S MARE to go on foot ...1831 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S PONIES to go on foot ...1931 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S PONY to go on foot ...1931 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANKS'S MARE to go on foot ...1831 Amer. dial.
• RIDE THE BEETLE to walk on foot with a party on horseback ...1824 Sc.
• SAG ALONG to walk slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SAIBLE to walk with a proud or haughty carriage ...1929 Sc.
• SAIG to dawdle; to walk in a slow, aimless manner ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SALLY OUT to walk with an idle, trailing gait ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANTER to walk slowly; to saunter ...1873 Eng. dial.
• SASHAY to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter ...1878 Amer. dial.
• SASHIATE to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter; to move briskly about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SASSHAY to walk or travel in a casual manner; to saunter ...M19 orig. US
• SAUTER to saunter, to walk leisurely, to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAWM to walk lazily; to idle about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAMBLE to shamble, to walk awkwardly; to run hastily and irregularly ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCASH 1. to twist, to turn to one side; to walk in a shuffling, awkward manner with the toes turned outwards, either from deformity or affectation ...1866 Sc.
2. to walk in a silly, affected way ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE to walk in a waddling, shuffling manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS to walk in a silly, affected way ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAWT to boast, to give oneself airs; to walk arrogantly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHLAP to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SCHLEP(P) to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SCLAB-DAB to walk in a flat-footed noisy manner, as if through mud ...1931 Sc.
• SCLAFF to walk in a flat-footed or shuffling way; to plant the feet with a slapping motion or sound on the ground in walking ...1825 Sc.
• SCLAFFER to walk in a flat-footed or shuffling way; to plant the feet with a slapping motion or sound on the ground in walking ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAP to walk in a flat-footed, shuffling manner ...1969 Sc.
• SCLATCH to walk or move about in an ungainly, slovenly way; to shuffle ...1866 Sc.
• SCLEET to walk so as to wear down the shoes at one side, or as one splay-footed ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLIFF to trail the feet on the ground in walking; to walk with a dull, heavy step; to rub against ...1901 Sc.
• SCLUNSH to walk with a slow heavy tread; to stump along ...1882 Sc.
• SCLUTE to walk clumsily, dragging the feet along the ground; to walk with the toes much turned out ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCORT to walk proudly; to be arrogant ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLE to walk with difficulty; to bend the legs stiffly; to become stiff; to crawl about feebly, as a sick man ...1898 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE to scramble, to climb, to crawl on hands and knees; to walk about with difficulty; to struggle ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SHAG to walk, to go on foot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHAMBLE to walk or move along with an awkward or shuffling gait ...L16
• SHAMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHAMMUCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SHUMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SHANK IT to walk, to travel on foot ...L18 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHIG-SHOG to rock or vibrate; to walk in a jerky manner; to trot or amble in riding ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SHLAP to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SHLEP to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SHOOL to drag the feet in walking; to walk with a shuffle ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHUCKLE to shuffle; to slink along in walking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SIFT to walk casually; to drift ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SIFT AROUND to walk casually; to drift ...1921 Amer. dial.
• SI-FUGLE AROUND to loaf about; to walk casually, to drift ...1912 Amer. dial.
• SKASHLE to walk in a waddling, shuffling manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELP to skip, trip, walk, or run rapidly; to hurry ...1721
• SKLAFF to walk in a flat-footed or shuffling way; to plant the feet with a slapping motion or sound on the ground in walking ...1825 Sc.
• SKLAFFER to walk in a clumsy way without lifting the feet properly; to shuffle along ...1899 Sc.
• SKLATCH to dash violently; to fall heavily; to walk with a heavy, awkward step ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLEET to walk so as to wear down the shoes at one side, or as one splay-footed ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIFF to trail the feet on the ground in walking; to walk with a dull, heavy step; to rub against ...1901 Sc.
• SKLUTE to walk clumsily, dragging the feet along the ground; to walk with the toes much turned out ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SNUDGE † to walk with downcast looks, or in a thoughtful, musing way ...1677 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble ...1626
• SPLIT to walk or run at great speed ...L18 sl.
• STIR ONE'S STUMPS to walk fast; to dance briskly; to act quickly; to bestir oneself, to increase one's speed ...c1460
• STOY to walk in a leisurely, careless manner; to saunter, to loiter ...1866 Sc.
• STRAM to walk stiffly ...1869 colloq.
• STRETCH A LEG to walk ...1653 sl.
• STRETCH ONE'S LEGS † to increase one's stride, to walk fast ...1653
• STRETCH THE LEGS to exercise by walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRIME to walk with long steps; to stride; to pace ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TAB to walk ...1982 sl.
• TAIGLE to walk slowly or heavily, to drag oneself, to trudge ...1886 Sc.
• TAILGATE to walk very slowly behind another person ...2003 UK sl.
• TAKE A CONSTITUTIONAL to take a walk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE MR. FOOT'S HORSE to walk ...B1900 sl.
• TAKE PAT AND CHARLIE to walk, to go on foot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TAKE PATIENCE AND WALK to go on foot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAKE SHANK'S OLD MARE to go on foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE ANKLE EXPRESS to walk ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE DOGS FOR A WALK to exercise by walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FLOOR to walk ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE FOOT of a child: to begin to walk ...1805 Sc.
• TAN THE LAND to walk quickly; to cover the land with shoe-leather ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TAP to walk with sharp light steps ...1749
• TAVE to walk heavily through dirt, snow, etc.; to wade; to struggle on ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAGLE to walk slowly or heavily, to drag oneself, to trudge ...1886 Sc.
• THUMP to walk or dance with energy; to do any kind of work vigorously ...1790 Sc.
• TIP to step lightly; to trip; to walk mincingly, or on tiptoe ...1819
• TIP GRAND to walk fast; to run; to leave quickly ...1934 Amer. sl.
• TITTUP to walk or go with an up-and-down movement; to walk in an affected manner; to mince or prance in one's gait ...1785
• TODDER to walk unsteadily, to totter ...1871
• TOENAIL IT to walk, to 'hoof it' ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOLTER to move unsteadily; to flounder; to turn or toss about; to hobble; to walk unevenly ...1529 Eng. dial.
• T.P. AND W. to go on foot, 'take pains and walk' ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TRAMPOOSE to tramp, to trudge, to walk or wander about; to traverse ...1725 Amer. dial.
• TRAVEL to walk, to go by foot ...1880 Amer. dial.
• TRAVEL BY MR. FOOT'S HORSE to go on foot, to walk ...E19 sl.
• TROTTLE to toddle, to walk with short quick steps, as a child learning to walk ...1825 Sc.
• USE SHANK'S HORSES to go on foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• USE TOM AND JERRY to walk, to go on foot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• VAMP † to make one's way on foot; to tramp or trudge ...1654 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VAMP IT to walk ...1914 Amer. dial.
• VAVEL to walk unsteadily ...1908 Sc.
• VICAMBULATE to walk about in the streets ...1873 nonce word
• VIR to move or walk with force ...1866 Sc.
• VIRR to move or walk with force ...1866 Sc.
• WABBLE to wobble; to walk unsteadily, to stagger, to totter, to rock on one's feet, to waffle ...1786 Sc.
• WAFFLE 1. to walk hesitatingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
2. to waver about in walking against a strong wind ...1973 Sc.
• WAG to leave, to walk slowly ...L17 sl.
• WAG OFF to leave, to walk slowly ...L17 sl.
• WAIBLE to walk feebly and unsteadily ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WALK DANDY-DUDE to kick out one's legs when walking, the result of a deformity ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• WALK HEAVY to impose oneself on the world, to walk about in a deliberately self-assured manner ...1960s US Black sl.
• WALK ON ROCKY SOCKS to walk unsteadily owing to an excess of drink...20C US sl.
• WALK TURKEY to walk around in a strutting manner ...L19 sl.
• WALLACH to walk with difficulty; to wallow ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WALLOCK to roll in one's gait; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1905 Eng, dial.
• WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALLOW to roll in walking; to walk in a lumbering, helpless manner ...1802 Sc.
• WAMBLE † to roll about in walking; to go with an unsteady gait ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANDLE to walk unsteadily or wearily; to move with a slow, trembling step ...1686 Eng. dial.
• WANNEL to walk unsteadily or wearily; to move with a slow, trembling step ...1686 Eng. dial.
• YACHLE to walk in an awkward, shuffling manner, like a person with loose joints; to walk with difficulty ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAUCHLE to shamble, to walk in an awkward shuffling manner; to walk with difficulty ...1887 Sc.
WALKER - nouns, person
• BAMBLER a person who shambles, or walks unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASIL-HAMPERS a person of short stature, taking short steps, who proceeds slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEMMLE an ill-made man; an ungainly walker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAD a person walking with a long and heavy step ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CRAMBLE TOES a person walking as with sore feet ...19C Eng. dial.
• DADGIL a person wearing ill-fitting clothes and with a foolish gait ...1824 Sc.
• DALLION † a person whose clothes are too large for his body; also, one who has a foolish gait in walking ...1824 Sc.
• DEAMBULATOR † one who walks abroad ...1630
• DEW-BEATER a person who has large feet or who walks awkwardly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• DEW-DASHER a person who has large feet, or who walks awkwardly ...19C Eng. dial.
• DEW-SPREADER a person who has large feet or who walks awkwardly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEW-WIPER a person who has large feet or who walks awkwardly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ESCARGOT a male walking arm in arm with his date ...1980s US campus sl.
• GANGER † one who goes or travels on foot ...1424 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANGREL * a child just beginning to walk ...1768 Sc.
• HACKITIE HEELS a nickname for an intoed person who kicks his heels in walking ...1956 Sc.
• HOOF-PADDER a pedestrian ...L18 sl.
• LAMPER one who walks with long, prancing steps, or smartly and deliberately ...1825 Sc.
• NOCTAMBULIST a person who walks at night, especially in their sleep; a somnambulist ...1731
• NOCTIVAGATOR † one who walks or wanders by night; a night-walker ...1640
• PADDLER 1. a small person walking with short, uncertain steps ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
2. a child just beginning to walk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADJELL † a veteran pedestrian who has often been victorious in foot-races ...1824 Sc.
• PALMERER one who walks in a clumsy, noisy manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PED a professional runner, walker ...1863 sl.
• PERIPATECIAN † one given to walking or travelling about; a pedestrian ...1598
• SCLATCH a shuffling, ungainly walker; a heavy, flat-footed person ...1969 Sc.
• STRADDLE-BUG a woman with a mannish gait ...1907 Amer. dial.
• TASHELTON † one who in walking covers himself with mire ...1837 Eng. dial.
• TWEEDLETOE a person who places one foot over the other in walking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WALKING-MATE † one's companion in walking ...1596
• YACHLIN one who walks in an awkward, shuffling manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
WALKING - adjectives
• BELAGGED left behind, outstripped in walking ...1795 Eng. dial.
• BOYTOCH bad at walking from stoutness ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEAMBULATORY moving about from place to place; movable, shifting ...1607
• GAITED paced, walking ...1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GANGING † going on foot, walking ...a1100 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HIP-SWISHY said of a young woman's manner of walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ILL-GAITED clumsy in walking, unable to walk far ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-GATED clumsy in walking, unable to walk far ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KEB-FOOTED walking with the toes turned inward ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OBAMBULATORY * habitually walking about, itinerant ...1855
• OF-WALKED †* exhausted or fatigued with walking ...1377
• PADDING travelling on foot ...1844 Eng. dial.
• PADDLING walking; wandering aimlessly ...1828 Sc.
• PALMERING wandering; walking feebly ...1816 Sc.
• PEDESTRIAL † pertaining to the foot; going on foot, walking ...1611
• SALLACKING walking clumsily; walking in shoes that are too large or are worn down at the heels ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WADGIKING walking awkwardly in an undrilled manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOCKING corpulent and walking with an awkward, rolling gait ...Bl1905 Eng. dial.
WALKING - adverbs
• TARSIE-VERSIE topsy-turvy, in confusion or disorder; walking backwards ...1838 Sc.
• TERSY-VERSY topsy-turvy, in confusion or disorder; walking backwards ...1838 Eng. dial.
WALKING - nouns
• ALEXANDRA LIMP a manner of walking taken up by fashionable society as a deliberate tribute to the way in which Princess Alexandra (1844-1925), then Princess of Wales, walked ...c1870 UK society usage
• ALEXANDRA STEP a manner of walking taken up by fashionable society as a deliberate tribute to the way in which Princess Alexandra (1844-1925), then Princess of Wales, walked ...c1870 UK society usage
• ANKLE EXPRESS transportation by foot, walking ...1910s US sl.
• BLAD a long and heavy step in walking ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALL a leading-string, broad tape fastened to young children when they first walk; generally used in plural ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CROCODILE a group walking two by two in a long file, usually applied to schoolchildren ...a1870 sl.
• FADDLE a slow pace in walking ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAIT-TRIP † manner of walking ...1583
• GANG † the act of walking ...1500-20
• GANGING † the power of walking ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAMMER clumsy, noisy walking or working; a clumsy, noisy person or worker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HORSE OF TEN TOES the human feet, 'shanks' mare ...1616
• HYTER-SKYTER the act of walking with very tottering steps ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL-GAIT an awkward manner of walking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-GATE an awkward manner of walking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBAMBULATION * a walking to and fro ...1600
• PADDLE the act of walking with short, quick steps ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PALMER clumsy, noisy walking ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAIK † the act of going about, walking about, etc.; course, way; journey ...a1400 now rare or obs.
• SCASHLE the act of walking with a waddling, shuffling gait; the noise made by the feet along the ground ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLIFF the act of trailing the feet along the ground, or of walking with a dull, heavy step; a rub delivered sideways or in passing with anything having a flat surface; the noise made by trailing, walking, striking, or rubbing ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCORNSUM-GANGING slippery walking, as on ice ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHANKS'S MARE one's own legs as a means of conveyance
• SHANKS'S PONY one's own legs as a means of conveyance
• SHOE-LEATHER EXPRESS. one's own feet as a means of transportation; walking ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHOEMAKER'S BLACK TEAM. one's own legs as a mean of transportation; walking ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SKASHLE the act of walking with a waddling, shuffling gait; the noise made by the feet along the ground ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIFF the act of trailing the feet along the ground, or of walking with a dull, heavy step; a rub delivered sideways or in passing with anything having a flat surface; the noise made by trailing, walking, striking, or rubbing ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAMSON'S MARE shanks' pony; walking ...1893 Sc.
• THOMSON'S MARE Shank's pony, walking on one's one feet ...1893 Sc.
• WABBLE the act of walking with difficulty through weakness ...1866 Sc.
• WALKER'S GIG Shanks' mare, on one's feet, by walking ...1932 Sc.
• WALKER'S HACK one's own legs as a means of transportation ...1918 Amer. dial.
• WALLACH the act of walking with difficulty; the act of wallowing...Bk1905 Sc.
WALKING STAFF, WALKING STICK - nouns
• BAT a cudgel, a staff; a thick walking-stick ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BATON a staff or stick generally; a walking-stick ..1801
• BIOT any kind of support; a walking-stick ...1818 Eng. dial.
• CAMMOCK a crooked stick; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...1862 Sc.
• CUMMOCK a crooked stick; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...1862 Sc.
• CRAB-STICK a stick or cudgel of the wood of the crab-tree; a walking-stick made of the wood of the crab-tree; hence, a stick of any kind ...1703
• GANGING-STAFF a walking-stick ...1595 Sc.
• HAND-PROP a walking stick ...1857 Sc.
• KEBBIE a hook-ended walking-stick; a shepherd's crook ...1816 Sc.
• KEBBY a hook-ended walking-stick; a shepherd's crook ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIBBY a walking-stick, esp. one used in rounding up sheep ...1964 NZ sl.
• PEDLAR'S HORSE a walking-stick ...c1780 colloq.
• PEDLAR'S PAD a walking-stick ...c1780 colloq.
• PEDLAR'S PONY a walking-stick ...c1780 colloq.
• QUANT a long pole with which to propel barges or punts; a walking-stick ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RAPPO † a long walking-stick carried by countrymen, reaching up to or above their heads ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REPPLE † a long walking-staff as tall as, or taller than, the bearer ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WADDY a stick; a walking-stick ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• WAND † a light walking-stick, a cane ...1548
• YARD † a staff or stick carried in the hand as a walking-stick, or by a shepherd or herdsman ...c1000
WALL - adjectives
• IMMURATE † immured; enclosed in walls or as in walls; imprisoned, confined ...1593
• VALLATED * surround by a wall ...1888
• WALL-FAST † secure within walls ...1593
WALL - nouns
• ALBERT HALL a wall ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BALANCE WALL a stone wall or fence ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BALANCED WALL a stone wall or fence ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BASTIMENT † a building, a wall ...1679
• DIKE a wall made either of stones, turf, etc. ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IMMURE †* something that immures; a wall ...1606
• OBVALLATION †* a surrounding with a trench or wall ...1658
• PANE † a section or length of a wall or fence ...c1380
• RICKLE-DIKE a wall of stones ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCANTLING the juncture of a wall with the roof of a house ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THRALLING † a wall which formed a barrier ...1846 Eng. dial.
• VALLATION * a ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defense or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature ...1664
• VALLIE † rampart, wall ...1602
• WALLURE †* walls collectively ...c1475
• YARD-DIKE † a garden wall ...1595
• YARD-DYKE a garden wall ...1714 Sc.
WALL - verbs
• IMMURAL † to wall in ...1662
• IMMURE 1. to shut up or enclose within walls; to imprison; to confine as in a prison or fortress ...1588
† 2. to wall in, to surround with a wall or walls; to fortify ...1598
• OBVALLATE †* to surround with a wall or entrenchment ...1623
WALLED - adjectives
• BOXED sheltered, walled in ...Bk1911 Sc.
WALLET - nouns
• BILLBOOK a pocketbook ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BILLFOLD a pocketbook to carry folded paper money; a wallet ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BILLFOLDER a pocketbook to carry folded paper money; a wallet ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BUDGET a pouch or wallet; a package, a bundle ...1818 Amer. dial.
• GABERLUNZIE † a wallet or bag carried by beggars ...1808 Sc.
• HANGER a wallet protruding from a pocket or purse, thus ripe for pickpocketing ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• MAIL a bag, pack, or wallet; a travelling bag ...c1205
• MONK BAG a small leather wallet or purse worn around the neck, tucked out of sight ...1841 Amer. sl., chiefly nautical
• MONKEY BAG a small leather wallet or purse worn around the neck, tucked out of sight ...1847 Amer. sl., chiefly nautical
• OKEY a wallet, esp. its contents ...c1934 criminals' sl. UK rhyming sl. for 'poke' (okey-doke)
• OKEY-DOKE a wallet, esp. its contents ...1961 UK rhyming sl. for 'poke'
• POGUE a bag or purse; a wallet ...1812 criminals' sl.
• POKE a wallet, pocket, or purse ...1859 Amer. sl.
• READER a wallet or pocket-book ...17C criminals' sl.
• SKIN a pocketbook, wallet, etc. ...1790 Amer. sl.
WALLOP - nouns
• QUILT a blow, a wallop ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALLIWAP a stroke, a hard blow, a whack, a wallop ...a1825 Sc.
WALNUT - nouns
• BANNUT the walnut; also applied to the growing tree itself ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BARK the hull of a walnut ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BOY'S BRITCHES the kernel of a walnut ...1940 Amer. dial.
• KERNEL the hard shell of a walnut ...1986 Amer. dial.
• NOGAL a walnut tree; a walnut ...1869 Amer. dial.
• RIND the thick outside covering of a walnut ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCAPE the shell of a walnut ...1863 Eng. dial.
• SHUCK the hard shell of a nut, esp. of a walnut or hickory nut ...1837 Amer.
• STUNLAW walnuts ...Bk1904 back-slang
• WALNUT-BRUSHING the picking of walnuts; a walnut crop ...1902 Eng. dial.
• WALSH-NUT † a walnut ...1368-9
WALNUT - nouns, person
• WALNUT-BRUSHER one who picks walnuts ...1902 Eng. dial.
WALNUT - verbs
• BAD to remove the outer green husk from walnuts ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BOD to remove the outer green husk from walnuts ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RASSLE to brush ripe walnuts from off the tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCAPE of walnuts: to shell ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
WALRUS - nouns
• ROSMARINE † the walrus ...1590
WAN - adjectives
• CALLOW pale, wan ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DEAD † of the face: deadly pale, wan ...c1386
• HAW discoloured, livid, pale, wan ...c1420 Sc.
• LEW weak; also, of a leaden or pale colour; pale, wan ...c1325 Eng. dial.
• PALLESCENT * growing or becoming pale; rather pale; pallid, wan ...1657
• TALLOW-HUED as pale as tallow, wan ...B1900
• WANNIE † wan, pallid ...1555
• WANNY † wan, pallid ...1555
WAND - nouns
• GAD a rod or wand; a fishing rod; also, a stake or stout stick ...1535 Eng. dial.
• VERGE * a rod, wand, or stick ...1897
WANDER - adjectives
• WANDERABLE that one can wander in ...1906 nonce word
WANDER, WANDERING - verbs
• ABERR † to wander off, to go astray, to diverge from a recognized path ...1536
• ACHE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ASS AROUND to fool around, to loiter, to waste time; to wander aimlessly; to be idle; to act irresponsibly; to trifle ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE AROUND to loaf; to trifle; to wander idly about; to waste time ...1968 Amer. sl.
• ASSLE AROUND to loaf, to wander idly about ...1920 Amer. sl.
• AUWANA to wander about aimlessly; to go by walking ...1938 Hawaii
• BANDY to wander or roam about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAT AROUND to potter, to trifle, to loaf or idle; to gad about; to wander aimlessly ...1960 Amer. dial.
• BOGUE to wander, to walk aimlessly; to trudge; to move slowly ...1775 Amer. dial.
• BOOM AROUND to move from place to place, to wander ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BROGUE to walk, to hike, to trudge; to wander or go about aimlessly ...1883 Amer. dial.
• BROGUE AROUND to wander about ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BROOZE AROUND to wander about idly ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BROUGE AROUND to wander about idly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BROWSE to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWSE AROUND to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle ...1884 Amer. dial.
• BRUISE ALONG to wander about idly ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BRUISE AROUND to wander about idly ...1855 Amer. dial.
• BUM to knock about; to wander around, to loaf ...1883 US colloq.
• BUM AROUND to wander around ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• DACKER to go about in a sauntering, idle way; to wander ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAIVER to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
• DANDER to stroll, to saunter, to walk aimlessly, idly, or uncertainly; to wander ...1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DANNER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DAUNDER to stroll, to saunter, to walk aimlessly, idly, or uncertainly; to wander ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAVER to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
• DONDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Eng. dial.
• DOVER to wander aimlessly or confusedly; to walk unsteadily ...E19 Sc.
• DROODLE to wander aimlessly; to laze around ...20C US sl.
• EGAR †* to stray, to wander, to go astray ...1584
• EXTRAVAGATE 1. to wander away, to stray ...1600
2. to wander at large; to roam at will ...1766
• GAD * to go wandering in desire or thought ...1579
• GAITLE to wander idly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANDER to wander aimlessly, or with a foolish air like that of a gander ...1822 Eng. dial.
• GANNER to wander about aimlessly or in the foolish-looking manner of a gander ...822 Sc.
• GAPE to idle, to wander ...1966 US sl.
• GET A FIT OF THE GAD to have a fit of aimless wandering ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GO GANDERHEADING ABOUT to wander aimlessly about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOPHER to wander around, to potter about ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HAAK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• HAIG to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid way; to hang about, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• HAKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVE A GAD-FLY † to be fond of wandering or roving about ...1591
• ITINERATE to journey or travel from place to place; to wander ...1600-9
• KAAIKE to stare vacantly; to wander listlessly ...1854 Eng. dial.
• KADOODLE to hang around, to frequent, to wander about ...L19 US sl.
• KNOCK AROUND to wander; to travel aimlessly ...M19 sl., orig. US
• LALL to lounge, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAUNDER to wander about in a confused, aimless, or melancholy fashion; to miss one's way; to walk unsteadily; to act in a helpless, imbecile manner ...1819 Eng. dial.
• MAZE to wander as if stupefied ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully ...1747 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully ...1747 Eng. dial.
• MOSEY to wander or shuffle about leisurely; to stroll; to saunter: often followed by 'along', 'about', etc ...1820 Amer.
• OBAMBULATE * to walk about; to wander hither and thither ...1614
• PAD to walk; to wander ...M17 sl.
• PADDLE to walk, esp. to walk slowly or with short steps; to totter, to toddle; to wander about ...1792
• PAD IT to walk; to wander ...M17 sl.
• PAIDLE to walk, esp. to walk slowly or with short steps; to totter, to toddle; to wander about ...1808 Sc.
• PALAVER to go around; to wander about ...1970s UK Black usage
• PALMER to wander about like a palmer or vagrant; to go about idly from place to place; to saunter about ...1807 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PANDER to wander or idle about in a silly, purposeless fashion, from one place to another ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PERAGRATE * to wander through the country; to rove about; to travel over or through ...1542
• PERERRATE †* to wander up and down ...1623
• PERUSE to wander, to saunter, to prowl; to walk in a leisurely manner; to make one's way ...1853 Amer. dial.
• PESTICATE to wander idly; to prowl about ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PILF to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER AROUND to loaf, to loiter, to wander about idly ...1974 Amer. dial.
• RAIK † to go, to proceed, to make one's way; to walk, to stroll, to wander ...c1340
• RAIL †* to go about, to wander, to roam ...c1400
• RAK to wander, to roam ...1967 Sc.
• RAKE † to go or wander about, to roam, to stray, to ramble; to stroll about idly; to gad about ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RALLY to wander back and forwards in a restless, disorderly manner ...1866 Sc.
• RANGLE † to rove, to wander, to stray ...1567
• RANK to wander ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAVEL to wander about aimlessly ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SACKLE to loiter; to wander idly about ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAFF to wander about in an idle manner; to roam around ...1866 Sc.
• SCAMANDER of persons: to wander about, to take devious or winding course ...M19 sl.
• SCAMP to wander about idly, to roam ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCATTERLOFISTICATE to wander aimlessly, at haphazard; to range over a country; to travel ...B1900 western sl.
• SCAVEN to wander aimlessly about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLAMBER to wander about in idleness ...1832 Sc.
• SCLAMMER to wander about in idleness ...1832 Sc.
• SCOOT to go about in a lazy, idle manner; to wander about ...BK1904 Sc.
• SKLAMMER to wander about in idleness ...1832 Sc.
• SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble ...1626
• STRAVAIG to wander about aimlessly ...L18 orig. & chiefly Sc., Irish. & N. Eng. dial.
• STROLLOP to wander about ...20C Amer. dial.
• TAIVER to wander; to delay ...1876 Sc.
• TRAFFIC to wander, to move idly about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TRAFFIC ABOUT to wander, to move idly about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TRAMPOOSE to tramp, to trudge, to walk or wander about; to traverse ...1725 Amer. dial.
• VAGABONDIZE to live, wander, or go about as, or in the manner of, a vagabond; to roam or travel in a free, idle, unconstrained, or unconventional manner; to play the vagabond ...1611
• VAGARY † to wander or roam ...1598
• VAGE to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to gad about ...1701 Sc.
• VAGUE † to wander; to range, to roam; to ramble idly or as a vagrant ...c1425 Sc. now rare or. obs.
• VAIG to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to stroll; to gad about ...1701 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VENDER to wander ...1866 Sc.
• WAFF to wander about in an idle manner ...1866 Sc.
• WAFF ABOUT to wander in an idle manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAGGER † to wander, to have no settled abode ...c1380
• WAITH † to wander ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAIVE † to wander, to stray ...c1350
• WAKE † to wander ...1802 Sc.
• WALK † to go from place to place; to journey, to wander ...a1000
• WALLABY to wander around ...1900s Aust. sl.
WANDERER, WANDERING - nouns, person
• AUWANA a gadabout; a wanderer ...1938 Hawaii
• BUTTERFLY one given to wandering ...1890
• EARTH-PLANET † a fugitive, a wanderer ...1591 nonce word
• FIDDLE-FOOT a person who wanders ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GADABOUT one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ...1837
• GAD-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ...1810
• GADDER one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman ... 1550
• GADDER-ABOUT † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ... 1568
• GADDER-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ... 1577
• GAD-FLY † a person who is constantly wandering or roving about ...1614
• GADLING † a wanderer, a wayfarer, a vagabond ...a1542
• HAIK a person or animal in the habit of wandering idly from place to place, out of curiosity or with the idea of scrounging; generally applied opprobriously to a woman ...1825 Sc.
• HAIKER a person or animals in the habit of wandering idly from place to place, out of curiosity or with the idea of scrounging; generally applied opprobriously to a woman ...1866 Sc.
• HERE-AND-THEREIAN a person with no permanent place of residence; one who moves about from place to place; a wanderer ...1701 humorous nonce word
• JAVEL † a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp ...a1300
• NOCTIVAGANT * one who wanders by night ...1633
• NOCTIVAGATOR † one who walks or wanders by night; a night-walker ...1640
• RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment ...1825 Sc.
• RAK one who wanders or roams about idly ...1908 Sc.
• RAKE one who wanders about in an aimless manner; a lounger, an idle person ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAKER a vagabond, a wanderer, a rover ...1866 Sc.
• RANGER a rover, a wanderer ...1593
• RIDGE RUNNER a person who wanders from place to place, esp. someone on the prowl ...1930 Amer. dial.
• ROLL-ABOUT * a wanderer ...1893
• SCAFF a person who habitually wanders about idly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHAUGHRAUN a wandering person, a vagrant; also, an itinerant state ...L19 Irish & Can. dial.
• SOLIVAGANT one who wanders about alone ...1621
• THISTLE-DOWN children apt to wander; esp. on moor or heath ...1909 Anglo-Irish
• TINKER a wanderer ...Sc., Irish
• VAGER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a1500 Sc.
• VAGUER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a1500 Sc.
• VAIG a wanderer; a vagabond; an idle person ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAIGER a wanderer, a rover, a vagrant ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALLIDRAG a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLIE-TRAGLE a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLY-DRAIGLE a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLY-DREG a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
WANDERING - adjectives
• ABERRANT wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard ...1848
• AMPLIVAGOUS † wandering widely or at large; having a large sphere of action ...1731
• CIRCUMFORANEOUS † wandering from place to place, as from market to market or house to house; strolling about, vagrant ...1650 now rare or obs.
• DANDERING wandering, sauntering ...1773 Sc.
• EGREGIOUS wandering from the flock ...1873 nonce use
• FIDDLE-FOOTED restless, given to wandering, gadding about ...1941 Amer. dial.
• GADABOUT wandering; given to roving or gadding ...1817
• GADDY †* given to wandering or roving about ...1637
• GADLING † wandering ...1594
• HAIKIN' wandering, idle, worthless; gossiping from house to house ...1836 Sc.
• LAND-LOPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• LAND-LOUPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• MAIZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZEY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONTIVAGANT †* wandering on the mountains ...1656
• MONTIVAGOUS † wandering up and down the hills and mountains ...1658
• MUNDIVAGANT † wandering about the world, roaming through the world ...1656
• NEMORIVAGANT * wandering in the woods ..1656
• NEMORIVAGOUS * wandering in woods or groves ...1721
• NOCTIVAGANT wandering in the night ...c1620
• OMNIVAGANT wandering or roaming everywhere or in all directions ...1656
• ON THE GAD constantly running or wandering about ...1863 Eng. dial.
• ON THE RAKE wandering idly around ...1967 Sc.
• ON THE WALLABY on tramp; wandering about on foot, whether in search of work or aimlessly as a vagrant ...1869
• ON THE WALLABY TRACK on tramp; wandering about on foot, whether in search of work or aimlessly as a vagrant ...1890
• PADDLING walking; wandering aimlessly ...1828 Sc.
• PALMERING wandering; walking feebly ...1816 Sc.
• PLANETICOSE given to wandering or roaming ...1849 nonce word
• RAIKIN wandering ...1818 Sc.
• RAMBLE-HEADED †* of a wandering, giddy disposition ...a1761
• RUN-ABOUT wandering, restless ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SOLIVAGANT wandering about alone; characterized by going alone ...1641
• SOLIVAGOUS * wandering alone ...1727
• TAIVERT wandering, exhausted with work, fatigued ...1879 Sc.
• UPON THE GAD. constantly running or wandering about ...c1815
• VAGABONDIAL † roaming, wandering, vagabondish ...1615
• VAGABONDICAL * roaming, wandering, vagabondish ...1576
• VAGABUNDICAL * roaming, wandering ...1576
• VAGANT † wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding place ...1382
• VAGARIOUS wandering, roaming, roving ...1882
• VAGOUS † vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds; irregular, inordinate; unsettled, wandering ...1660
• VAGRAL vagrant, wandering ...1899 Sc.
• VAGRARIOUS † vagrant, wandering ...1795 nonce word
• VAGRATE † vagrant, wandering; nomadic ...1619
• VAGROM vagrant, vagabond, wandering ...1599
• VAIG † wandering, roaming; quickly swept away ...1791 Sc.
• WAFF 1. of animals: strayed, wandering, ownerless ...1711 Sc.
2. of persons: vagrant, wandering, homeless, footloose ...1725 Sc.
• WAFFER † strayed, wandering ...1789 Sc.
• WAIF stray, wandering, homeless ...c1730 Sc.
• WAITH † wandering, roaming ...1710 Sc.
• WALKING † leading a wandering life, vagrant, strolling ...1490
• WANCRAUNT †* given to wandering ...1422
WANDERING - nouns
• ABERRATION a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path ...1615
• BANGLING a hanging about, wandering idly ...1894 Eng. dial.
• DANDERING a wandering, a stroll ...1828 Sc.
• EVAGATION † 1. a wandering of the mind, thoughts, etc. ...c1425
2. the act of wandering; a rambling, roving; a departing from a specified locality, prescribed course, etc. ...1691
• FAR-ABOUT † a digression, a wandering ...1639
• OBERRATION †* a straying or wandering about ...1658
• ODYSSEY a long series of wanderings to and fro; a long adventurous journey ...1889
• RAMATRACKS purposeless wandering ...20C Ulster sl.
• SCAMP idle wandering, roaming about ...1866 Sc.
• VAGANCY †* a wandering or strolling ...1641
• VAGARY † a wandering or devious journey or tour; a roaming about or abroad; an excursion, ramble, stroll ...1577
• VAGATION † the act of wandering, straying, or departing from the proper or regular course; a wandering, rambling, or roaming ...c1340
• WAITH † n. that which is stray and unclaimed; flotsam and jetsam; a wandering, a straying ...1838 Sc.
• WANDERMENT †* the act of wandering ...1597
WANDERLUST - nouns
• GANGING FIT wanderlust ...1721 Sc.
• DAIDLE to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily ...1808 Sc.
• DATCHEL to waddle ...1825 Sc.
• DATCHLE to waddle; to walk in a careless manner, with clothes ill adapted to the shape of the wearer ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FADLE † to walk in a clumsy manner, to waddle ...1808 Sc.
• FAIDLE † to walk in a clumsy manner, to waddle ...1808 Sc.
• QUADDLE to waddle ..1886 Eng. dial.
• QUODDLE † to waddle ...1662
• SCASHLE to twist, to turn away; to tread on the side of one's feet; to turn one's toes outward; to walk in a waddling, shuffling manner; to be careless about one's dress ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WAGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALTER † to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle ...1399
• WUGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc.
WADDLING - adverbs
• SCASH in a twisted manner; with a waddling, shuffling gait ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE in a waddling, shuffling manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
WADE - verbs
• LAGGEN to splash in the water; to walk in the water with bare feet ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIG to wade ...1802 Sc.
• SLONK † to wade through or sink in mire; to make a splashing noise as when walking with shoes full of water, or when wading through mire ...1824 Sc.
WADING - nouns
• PADDLE the act of wading with short steps in water or mud; the act of walking with short, quick steps ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VADDLE a wading place; a shallow pool at the head of a bay or creek ...Bk1905 Sc.
WAFFLE - nouns
• COLLISION MATS pancakes; waffles ...World War II Amer. sl.
WAG - verbs
• WAFF to wave, to cause to move to and fro with a regular motion; to wag ...1807 Sc.
WAGER - see BET
WAGES - adjectives
• IN GOOD ADDLE earning good wages ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• IN THE MONEY receiving good wages or a large salary ...c1934 sl.
WAGES - nouns
• ADDLINGS wages, earnings; savings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTY workmen's wages, perquisites ...Bk1898 sl.
• BENEFIT wages paid in kind ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIG MONEY a large amount of money, high wages or salary ...1888 orig. US
• BIG PAY high wages or salary ...1915 US
• DAILY one's wages ...1900s sl.
• DARK MONEY extra wages paid for night work ...1970 UK railwaymen's sl.
• DARK TIME extra wages paid for night work ...1970 UK railwaymen's sl.
• DAY-TALE WAGES wages paid by the day ...1560
• D FOR DUNCE 'bunce'; perks, bonuses, inducements to act or work; money or goods earned on top of wages ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• EDDLINS earnings, wages ...1887 Sc.
• ETTLINS earnings, wages ...1887 Sc.
• FANGINGS wages, earnings, takings ...1846 Eng. dial.
• FEES † wages ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• GAGES † wages ...1562 Sc.
• GREENGAGES wages ...1931 rhyming sl.
• HANGMANS WAGES money paid beforehand for work ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ONCES wages ...L19 sl.
• PARKERING NINTY wages ...M19 sl.
• RAISE an increase in salary or wages ...L19 sl.
• ROCK OF AGES wages ...1937 rhyming sl.
• SAME OLD THREE AND FOUR a weekly wage, 6 days at 3 shillings and 4 pence a day gives £1 for a 6-day week ...L19 sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT weekly pay, wages, money for marketing ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCRAN earnings, wages ...1869 Eng. dial.
• SCREW wages ...1858 sl.
• STAKE wages ...1853 sl.
• SUB an advance payment of wages or salary ...1866 Brit. sl.
• TAKE wages ...1990s sl.
• TIME wages due, esp. at the cessation of employment; frequently used in reference to quitting, firing, or being fired ...1887 Amer. dial.
WAGES - nouns, person
• DAILY-BREAD a wage-earner; the working head of the family ...c1890 colloq.
• WAGES-FELLOW † one who receives wages; used contemptuously ...1641
• WAGE SLAVE anyone reliant on the income generated by regular employment ...1964 UK sl.
• WAGES-MAN a man who works for wages ...1888 Aust.
WAGES - verbs
• BATE to reduce a workman's wages; esp. to make deduction on account of careless work, etc. ...1869 Eng. dial.
• BREAK to lower prices or wages ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EAGLE FLY to pay wages ...1950s US Black sl.
• FANG † to receive as a gift, or as one's due; to earn as wages; also, to accept as one's lot ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KNOCK OUT to earn as wages ...1871 sl.
• SCRAWL to make a scanty subsistence; to live on uncertain wages ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUB to pay someone a 'sub', or advance on wages or salary ...1874 Brit. sl.
• WAGE † to pay wages to ...1393 now rare or obs.
WAGGERY - nouns
• WAGSOME addicted to waggery; mischievous ...1869 nonce word
• WAGSHIP † waggery, waggishness, mischief, practical joking ...1607
WAGGING - nouns
• JECTIGATION † a wagging, a tremulous movement ...a1693
WAGGISH - adjectives
• OFF-TAKING joking, waggish ...1895 Sc.
• WANTON † of persons: jovial, given to broad jesting, waggish; also, free from care ...c1386
WAGON - adjectives
• VECTARIOUS * belonging to a coach, wagon, or any carriage ...1656
WAGON - nouns
• AVALANCHE a spring wagon ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BARGE orig. a horse-drawn wagon or sleigh used for transporting a large number of people; now also a bus, esp. a school bus ...1882 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY HATCH a wagon or sleigh with a removable hood ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAR a wheeled vehicle or conveyance; a carriage, chariot, cart, wagon, etc. ...1382
• FARMER'S BOOTJACK a wagon wheel ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GRUB WAGON a chuck wagon ...1917 Amer. sl.
• GUT TRUCK a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock ...1983 Amer. sl.
• GUT-WAGON a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock ...1925 Amer. sl.
• HEAVY a stage wagon for the conveyance of goods ...1847
• QUILL-WHEEL a rickety wagon ...1892 Amer. dial.
• TILT an awning or cover for a cart or wagon, usually of canvas or tarpaulin ...1620
• VARDO † a wagon ...1812 cant
• WAIN a large open vehicle, drawn by horses or oxen, for carrying heavy loads, esp. of agricultural produce, usually four-wheeled; a wagon ...c1250
• WAINAGE the drawing of wagons ...1894 Eng. dial.
• WAINFUL * as much as a wain will hold; a wain-load ...1713
• WAIN-THOFTS † the seats in a wagon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WAGON - nouns, person
• VARDO-GILL † a wagoner ...Bk1812 cant
• WAINER the driver of a wain, a wagoner ...a1500
• WAINMAN † the driver of a wain, a wagoner ...1392
• WAINWRIGHT a wagon-builder ...c1000
WAGON - verbs
• FILL to pull or draw a wagon or carriage ...1883 Amer. dial.
• WAIN † to transport in a wain or carriage ...c1200
WAIF - nouns, person
• WAFF a waif, a vagabond, a vagrant ...1808 Sc.
• WAIF-CHILD † a waif; a foundling ...1681-2 Eng. dial.
• WAIFINGER † a waif; a stray ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WAIL - nouns
• LAMACHEELIE a noisy lamentation, a loud wail, an outcry ...1925 Sc.
• LAMACHREE a noisy lamentation, a loud wail, an outcry ...1925 Sc.
• ULLAGONE a cry of lamentation; a wail; a funeral lament ...1828 Anglo-Irish
• ULULATION a howl or wail; a cry of lamentation ...1599
• VAGIT † a cry, lamentation, wail ...1627
• WALLACH a scream, a howl, a wail ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAMMER a cry of lamentation, a wail; a loud outcry, shout, yell; lamentation, querulous utterance; a whimpering, a continuous loud complaining; grumbling ...1500-20 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WAIL - verbs
• BLOWTER † to blubber; to weep effusively; to wail or lament with many tears ...?16C
• MEAN to utter a moaning sound, to wail; to complain, to bemoan to indicate pain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANE to wail or complain incessantly ...1899 Sc.
• SANNICK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNY to utter a whining, wailing cry without apparent cause ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SONNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ULLAGONE to wail or lament loudly ...1828 Anglo-Irish
• ULULATE to howl or wail; to lament loudly ...1623
• YAMMER † to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARM † to utter a discordant or mournful cry; to shriek, to scream, to yell, to howl, to wail ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YEI † a cry, a wail ...a1225
WAILING - adjectives
• ULULATIVE † wailing, lamenting ...1490
• ULULATORY howling, wailing ...1831
• VAGIENT † of infants: crying, squalling, wailing ...1628
• WAILISH † given to wailing, querulous ...c1550
• YAMMERING † crying with grief, wailing ...1536 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WAILING - nouns
• EJULATION † wailing, lamentation ...a1619
• ULULATION the act of howling or wailing ...1799
• ULULU a wailing cry; a wail of lamentation ...1854
• WAILMENT † wailing, lamentation ...1593
• YAMMERING † a cry of grief; a wailing ...1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WAIST - nouns
• MIDDLE the waist, the middle part of the body ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIDDLE-BONES the waist ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THIN OF THE SIDE, THE. the waist ...1901 Sc.
WAIT - nouns, person
• ONWAITER one who waits for something ...c1610 Sc.
WAIT, WAITING - verbs
• BEHAD to stop, to wait; to hold, to maintain, to hold as certain ...1768 Sc.
• BEHOLD † to 'hold,' to stop, to wait ...a1670
• BELAY to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard ...1931 Amer. dial.
• COOL ONE'S TOES to have to wait ...c1660
• DANGLE to keep waiting ...1960s sl.
• HARKEN † to lie in wait; to wait ...1580
• HEARKEN † to lie in wait; to wait ...1580
• KEEP † to watch for, to wait for, to await a coming event or person ...c1000
• LAY CHILLY to lie low; to wait patiently; to remain motionless ...1978 US sl.
• LAY FOR to lie in wait for; to plan revenge against, to be out to get ...1865 Amer. dial.
• LET † to delay, to tarry, to wait ...c1385
• LIE AT THE CATCH † to lie in wait; to be on the watch for an opportunity of catching or seizing something, esp. of catching a person's words, finding fault, making objections, etc. ...1642
• PRESTOLATE † to await, to wait for ...1653 nonce word
• SIT † to lie in wait or in ambush ...c825
• SIT CHILLY to lie low; to wait patiently; to remain motionless ...1988 US sl.
• STOOGE to idle, to wait around ...1940s sl.
• STRING ALONG to keep a person waiting or in a state of uncertainty ...colloq.
• TAKE ONE'S HURRY to take one's time; to wait ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THOOTLE to endure; to wait ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAIT ON to wait for someone or something ...1817 Amer. dial.
WAIT - interjections, phrases
• HALF A MO wait a moment, hang on ...L19 sl.
• HALF A TICK wait a bit, hang on ...1910s sl.
• HOLD HARD! wait a moment! stop! ...c1760
• HOLD IT! wait! stay in precisely that position ...c1910 colloq.
• HOLD YOUR HORSES! wait! ...1842 US sl.
• WAIT UP! wait for me! ...1944 US sl.
WAITER, WAITRESS - nouns, person
• APRONER a barman, a waiter ...c1600 colloq.
• BEANERY QUEEN a waitress ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BEAN JOCKEY a table waiter, on kitchen police duty ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BISCUIT-SHOOTER a waitress; sometimes a waiter; a waiter in a logging camp ...1893 US sl.
• CADGER a waiter who hangs about to wait for gratuities ...c1870 sl.
• COOKIE-PUSHER a waitress ...1936 US sl.
• DASH a tavern waiter ...c1660 sl.
• FINDER a waiter ...19C Cambridge sl.
• FLUNKY in mining and logging camps: a waiter ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GARÇON a boy, serving-man, waiter; in English use, chiefly a waiter in a French hotel or restaurant ...1839
• HASHER a waiter or waitress ...1916 US sl.
• HASH-SLINGER a waiter or waitress ...1868 US sl.
• KNIGHT OF THE NAPKIN a waiter ...Bk1902 sl.
• NIPPY orig. a waitress in any of the restaurants of J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. London, and hence to any waitress ...1925 Brit. sl.
• PUNK a lackey; a waiter; a porter ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SKINK * a tapster or waiter ...1603
• TENDER a waiter ...1865 Eng. dial.
• WAITER-ON a waiter ...1884 Eng. dial.
WAITER, WAITRESS - verbs
• DEAL THEM OFF THE ARM to wait at tables ...1930s US sl.
• HUSTLE HASH to work as a waiter or waitress ...L19 sl.
• SLING HASH to wait at tables ...1906 US sl.
WAITING - adjectives
• ON A LEAN waiting ...1910s Aust. sl.
WAITING - nouns
• ABODE † the act of waiting; delay ...a1250
• ON-WAITING the act of 'waiting on', i.e. waiting for, something; a tarrying for the accomplishment of what is desired or expected; an awaiting ...c1610 Sc.
• TARRIANCE † abiding in expectation; awaiting, waiting ...1561
WAITING - verbs
• COOL ONE'S TOES † to be kept waiting ...1665
• KICK ONE'S HEELS to be kept waiting
WAKE, WAKEFUL - adjectives
• LEVISOMNOUS †* watchful, soon waked; light-sleeping ...1656
• WACKER easily awakened; wakeful ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WACKERSOME wakeful, wide-awake ...1858 Eng. dial.
• WAKERIFE indisposed to sleep, wakeful, vigilant, watchful ...c1480 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAKERLY † wakeful, watchful ...c1400
• WAKRONG †* wakeful ...1340-70
• WAKY † wakeful ...a1541
• WHACKER wakeful, easy to be awaked ...B1900 Eng. dial.
WAKE - nouns
• BOILING WATER a boat's wake ...1965 Amer. dial.
WAKE - nouns
• DEATHWATCH a wake ...1968 Amer. dial.
WAKE, WAKEFUL, WAKEN - verbs
• ADAW † to wake up, to awake, from sleep, swoon, etc. ...c1300
• CALL ONE OUT to wake someone ...1954 Amer. dial.
• DARE UP to wake or rouse up a person that is asleep or dying ...1873 Eng. dial.
• DAW † to recover from a swoon; to awake from sleep, to arouse ...c1314 obs. exc. Sc.
• KNOCK UP to wake someone by knocking on their door or window ...1663 Brit. sl.
• RAISE to rouse, to awaken ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RALLY to rouse; to wake a person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SURFACE to get up or leave one's room in the morning ...1963 sl.
• VIGILATE †* to be wakeful or sleepless ...1758
WAKE - interjections
• WAKEY, WAKEY, EGGS AND BAKEY! used for calling someone from sleep to breakfast ...2000 US sl.
• WAKEY, WAKEY, HANDS OFF SNAKIE! used for humorously waking up a male ...1985 Aust. sl.
WAKEFULLY - adverbs
• WAKERIFELIE wakefully ...Bk1905 Sc.
WAKEFULNESS - nouns
• WAKE † the state of wakefulness, esp. during normal hours of sleep ...a1250
• WAKERIFENESS the state of wakefulness; sleeplessness ...1891 Sc.
WAKE-UP - nouns
• WAKEY-WAKEY a wake-up call ...2001 UK sl.
WAKE UP - interjections
• DROP YOUR COCKS AND GRAB YOUR SOCKS! wake up!; addressed to sleepers in a forecastle or barracks ...1942 US nautical & military sl.
WALES - adjectives
• CAMBRIAN pert. to Wales; Welsh ...1656
• VENEDOTIAN pert. to North Wales ...1841
WALES - nouns
• ITCHLAND Wales ...1690 sl.
• TAFFYLAND Wales ...E17 sl.
WALES, WELSH - nouns, person
• CAMBRIAN a Welshman ...1780
• LEEK † a Welshman ...c1700 cant
• MOUNTAIN-PECKER a Welshman ...L19 sl.
• RAGLER † the chief officer in a Welsh commot; a sheriff or constable ...1408
• TAFF (often derogatory) a Welsh person; often used as a nickname ...1929 sl.
• TAFFY (often derogatory) a Welsh person; often used as a nickname ...1929 sl.
• WALESMAN † a Welshman ...1591
• WELSHIE a Welsh person ...1951 sl.
• WELSHY a Welsh person ...1951 sl.
WALK - adjectives/adverbs
• AGROUND on foot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BY HAND on foot ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LAID OFF THE FEET unable to walk ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SHIG-SHOG at a jog-trot; with a jerky walk ...1897 Eng. dial.
WALK - nouns
• BAIRGE an affected bobbing walk ...1825 Sc.
• BALL a walk ...20C rhyming sl. (Ball of Chalk)
• DANDER a stroll, a slow walk ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAUNDER a stroll, a slow walk, a saunter ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWNER a stroll, a slow walk ...1821 Sc.
• DEAMBULATION the act of walking abroad or talking a walk ...a1529
• DEAMBULATORY a place to walk in for exercise; esp. a covered walk or cloister ...1430
• DEAMBULATOUR † a place to walk in for exercise; esp. a covered walk or cloister ...1513 Sc.
• DUKE OF CORK a walk ...1940s rhyming sl.
• EARL OF CORK a walk ...1940s rhyming sl.
• GANGSTER LEAN a style of driving a car in which the driver lean towards the right side of the car, leaning on an arm rest, steering with the left hand; hence, a slouching walk or posture ...1973 US sl.
• GRIND a walk taken for exercise ...M19 university sl.
• GUY a walk; hence, an expedition or journey ...1889 rhyming sl. for 'Guy Fawkes', a walk
• HAGGLE a struggle, a laborious effort; a fatiguing walk, owing to a burden, distance, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• HALLINES a Sunday holiday walk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMMER clumsy, noisy working or walking ...1866 Sc.
• JAUNT a fatiguing or troublesome walk or journey ...1592
• JICKER a walk at a smart pace; a smart trot ...18C Sc.
• KIMIMBLE an exaggerated, identifiable pimp walk ...1960s US Black sl.
• PAD a walk ...M19 sl.
• PADDLING-WALK a gait in which the steps are made very short ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• RAXTER a long walk ...B1900 Sc.
• SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY a short walk; also, ironically, an excuse for not stirring ...B1900
• SALLY-OOT an idle, aimless walk ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SASHAY a walk; an excursion ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SCOUR rate, pace; a quick walk, a race ...1796 Sc.
• SHIG-SHOG a pace between a walk and a trot; a jog-trot; a shaking motion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• STOY a leisurely walk; a saunter ...1866 Sc.
• STRAM a walk; a society parade ...1869 colloq.
• STRETCH a walk ...Bk1904 sl., orig. university
• THOMSON'S MARE Shank's pony, walking on one's one feet ...1893 Sc.
• TODDLE a leisurely walk, a stroll ...1825
• VAGE a journey by land or water; a voyage; an errand; a walk; especially used of an expedition attended with toil ...1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALKATHON a long-distance walk organized to raise money for charity ...US colloq.
• WALLOW † a rolling walk or gait ...1676
WALK - verbs
• AEROBATE * to walk as if on the air ...1835
• ANKLE to walk ...1920s Amer. dial.
• ANKLE AROUND to walk ...1920s sl., orig. US
• ANTEAMBULATE † to walk before, as an usher ...1623
• ANTIGODLE to walk sexily or flirtatiously ...1973 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOGLE to walk sexily or flirtatiously ...1973 Amer. dial.
• ARM to walk arm-in-arm ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUNTER to walk, to saunter ...1790 Sc.
• AUWANA to wander about aimlessly; to go by walking ...1938 Hawaii
• BACK ONE'S MAINTOPSAIL to slow down in walking; to come to a halt ...1856 Amer. nautical sl.
• BADGE to walk heavily; to plod, to trudge ...1923 Sc.
• BAIGLE 1. to walk slowly, as if much fatigued ...1825 Sc.
2. of a child: to run or walk with short steps ...1825 Sc.
3. to walk with a jerk or spring upwards ...1825 Sc.
• BAIRGE to walk with a jerk or spring upwards ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAISE to move or walk with energy ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BALTER to tread heavily and clumsily; to walk unsteadily, to stumble ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BAMBLE to shamble, to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAT to walk at a quick pace ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTER to labour or walk at a great rate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUCHLE to shamble, to walk loosely; to wear shoes out of shape ...1856 Sc.
• BEAT to bruise the feet with excessive walking ...1708 Eng. dial.
• BEAT IT ON THE HOOF † to go on foot ...1691
• BEAT THE HOOF † to go on foot ...1687
• BEAT THE STREETS to walk up and down; to run about idly ...c1375
• BELLOWS to walk hurriedly, to go panting along ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BENSE to walk or move violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEVIS to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEVISH to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAD to take long steps, treading heavily ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGUE to wander, to walk aimlessly; to trudge; to move slowly ...1775 Amer. dial.
• BOOT IT to walk ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BOTTLE to walk in a hurry ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• BROGUE to walk, to hike, to trudge; to wander or go about aimlessly ...1883 Amer. dial.
• CARRY THE BANNER to walk the streets all night; to endure the hardship of loss of sleep ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CATAGOGGLE to walk sideways ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CATSTEP to walk quietly ...1955 Amer. dial.
• DACKER to walk totteringly as from feebleness or infirmity; to toddle ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DADDLE to walk totteringly or unsteadily, like a child...1787 Eng. dial.
• DADE 1. to lead; to hold up a child beginning to walk; to support; to walk arm in arm ...1874 Eng. dial.
2. to walk slowly; to walk with help ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DADGE to saunter; to walk slowly and clumsily ...1747 Eng. dial.
• DADJELL to walk in a careless manner, with clothes not adapted to the shape of the wearer; to stroll ...1824 Sc.
• DAGGLE to walk in a slovenly way (through mud or mire); to drag or trail about ...1705
• DAIDLE to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily ...1808 Sc.
• DANDER 1. to stroll, to saunter, to walk aimlessly, idly, or uncertainly; to wander ...1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. to walk in a lively, brisk manner ...1910s UK criminals' sl.
• DAPP to walk clumsily or awkwardly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DATCHLE to waddle; to walk in a careless manner, with clothes ill adapted to the shape of the wearer ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DAVER to move or walk as if dazed or stupefied; to stagger ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DEAMBULATE † to walk abroad ...1623
• DIDDLE to walk unsteadily, to toddle ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DING ON to walk rapidly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOVER to wonder aimlessly or confusedly; to walk unsteadily ...E19 Sc.
• DRIVE TURKEYS TO MARKET to be unable to walk straight ...1869
• DRUTTLE to be slow in motion, to make little progress in walking ...19C Scot
• FADDLE to waste time; to dawdle, to walk slowly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FADGE to trot gently; to go at a pace between walking and trotting; to walk with difficulty owing to corpulency ...1864 Eng. dial.
• FADLE † to walk in a clumsy manner, to waddle ...1808 Sc.
• FAIDLE † to walk in a clumsy manner, to waddle ...1808 Sc.
• FAMP to tread heavily; to walk with a firm foot ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FAN ONE'S ASS to move, to walk ...1960s US Black sl.
• FAUCHLE to walk with difficulty, or from lack of strength; to trudge, to plod; to move the feet awkwardly or heavily ...1866 Sc.
• FLANE to walk idly; to saunter
• FOOT IT to walk ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FRIBBLE † to falter, to totter in walking ...1709
• GAD THE HOOF to walk without shoes ...1839 sl.
• GAM IT to walk, to run; to run away ...19C UK criminals sl.
• GAMMOCK to gossip, to idle; to potter, to walk about aimlessly ...1863 Eng. dial.
• GAN to walk ...1866 Eng. dial.
• GANDEL † to walk like a gander ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANDER to walk ...1934 US sl.
• GANG † to walk, to go ...c950 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GET OFF OF THE SPOT to get along, to walk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GO BY AIR to go on foot in the open air, rather than in a vehicle; to walk ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GO BY ANKLE EXPRESS to walk ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GO BY SHOE-LEATHER EXPRESS to go on foot, to walk ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GO FOR A TA-TA of a child: to go for a walk ...L19 nursery usage
• GO IN THE MARROWBONE COACH to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• GO IN THE MARROWBONE STAGE to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• GO IN THE MARYLEBONE COACH to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• GO IN THE MARYLEBONE STAGE to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• GO LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER to go quickly; to walk fast ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GO ON A NAG OF TEN TOES to walk ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• GO ON MARE'S SHANKS to go on foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO ON NUMBER TWO to walk, to go on foot ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GO ON PAT AND CHARLIE to walk, to go on foot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GO ON TEN TOES to walk ...1830 Eng. dial.
• GO ON TOM AND JERRY to walk, to go on foot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GO TA-TAS of a child: to go for a walk ...L19 nursery usage
• GUMSHOE to walk quietly and stealthily ...20C Amer. sl.
• HAINCHIL to rock from side to side in walking ...1825 Sc.
• HAMBLE to walk feebly or awkwardly; to walk lame; to limp; to stumble ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAMMER to work or walk in a clumsy, noisy manner; to stumble ...a1786 Sc.
• HANK to walk arm in arm with; to link arms ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAUCHLE to walk lamely or with difficulty; to hobble, to drag the feet along the ground ...1895 Sc. & N. Ireland
• HAUVE to walk blunderingly or stupidly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAVE IT AWAY to walk, to leave; to exit ...1950s sl.
• HAVE ONE'S LIMBS to have the use of one's limbs; to walk ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HAWK to walk rapidly; to pursue closely ...1971 Amer. dial.
• HELE to walk, to go ...1938 Hawaii
• HENCHIL to rock from side to side in walking ...1825 Sc.
• HOAVE to walk blunderingly or stupidly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HOBNAIL EXPRESS to walk, to travel by foot ...1950s NZ sl.
• HORSE IT to walk or go quickly ...1895 US sl.
• HOSS IT to walk or go quickly ...1968 US sl.
• HUCK IT to walk ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HYTER-SKYTER to walk with tottering steps ...B1900 Sc.
• INAMBULATE †* to walk up and down in a place ...1656
• JAIL to walk fast, to hurry along ...1864 Eng. dial.
• JAKE-WALK to hobble; to walk more heavily on one foot than the other ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JALE to walk fast, to hurry along ...1864 Eng. dial.
• JALK to walk in a clumsy, laborious manner, as if walking through mire ...1908 Sc.
• JAMPH to trifle, to spend time idly; to walk in a slow, idle manner ...1788 Sc.
• JAUMPH to trifle, to spend time idly; to walk in a slow, idle manner ...1788 Sc.
• JAUNT * to walk or move jauntily ...1890
• JET to strut; to walk pompously ...1587 sl.
• JICKER to go quickly about anything; to walk smartly ...1789 Sc.
• KEB to turn in the knee or toes in walking ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S LEGS to remain standing or walking ...1706
• KIKE to walk ...1979 US sl.
• KIKE IT to walk ...1979 US sl.
• KIMBLE to walk in the exaggerated style of a pimp ...1960s US Black sl.
• KIMIMBLE to walk in the exaggerated style of a pimp ...1960s US Black sl.
• KNOCK ANTHONY to walk knock-kneed ...18C Eng. sl.
• LAB to walk with a long swinging step ...1788 Sc.
• LACE to walk or go rapidly; to go along at great speed ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAGGER to walk lazily or with difficulty as in carrying a heavy burden; to shamble ...1866 Sc.
• LALLOP to lounge or loll about; to walk awkwardly or skippingly; to move heavily ...1745
• LAMP to take long, springing or prancing steps; to stride, to step out, to walk smartly and deliberately. to hurry onwards ...a1605 Sc.
• LAMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1727 Eng. dial.
• LEADING-STRINGS strings with which children used to be guided and supported when learning to walk ...1677
• LEER † to walk stealthily or with averted looks; to slink away ...1586
• LEG IT to walk rapidly or run ...colloq.
• LOB-ALONG to walk lazily or awkwardly ...1856 Eng. dial.
• LOCOMOTE to move about from place to place; to walk ...1846
• LOCO-MOVE † to move about from place to place; to walk ...1792 nonce word
• LOMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1893 Eng. dial.
• LOP to walk heavily, making a lot of noise ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LOUNDER to lounge; to walk about idly or awkwardly; to flounder, run, scamper ...1893 Eng. dial.
• MACK to swagger; to walk rhythmically ...1963 US Black sl.
• MAJOR † to walk with a military air, to swagger ...1814 Eng. dial.
• MAJOR ABOUT to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Eng. dial.
• MAJOR UP AND DOWN to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A VIRGINIA FENCE * to walk unsteadily, as a drunkard; to stagger in a zigzag course ...1745 Amer.
• MAKE BY to excel; to walk or run past ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAKE Ms AND Ws to be drunk; to walk in a zigzag fashion ...19C Brit. sl.
• MINCE to walk or dance with short steps, in a mincing or affected manner ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCH to walk mincingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIZZLE to abscond; to run away; to clear out, to disappear; to go, to walk ...1781
• MOG to walk along slowly but steadily; to move gently ...1857 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MOG ALONG to walk, to move, esp. slowly or aimlessly; to depart ...1890 Amer. dial.
• NAFF to walk with short steps ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NAFFLE to walk with short steps ...Bk1866 Sc.
• NAMBLE to walk as if in pain; to turn in the toes ...1892 Eng. dial.
• NIP AND TWITCH to walk with short mincing steps ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OAF to walk stupidly; to act in a foolish, childish manner; to play the fool ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OAF ABOUT to walk stupidly; to act in a foolish, childish manner; to play the fool ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBAMBULATE * to walk about; to wander hither and thither ...1614
• OFFLE to walk in a lazy, slouching, aimless manner; to shuffle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OMBLE to walk slowly and with difficulty; to totter or stagger on ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAD to walk; to wander ...M17 sl.
• PADDLE 1. to walk with short, unsteady, or uncertain steps, like those of a child; to toddle ...1792
2. to lead or support a child learning to walk ...1828 Eng. dial.
• PADDYBASS to walk back and forth ...1993 Amer. dial.
• PAD IT to travel on foot; to walk; to tramp or trudge along, esp. as a vagrant or person seeking work ...1610
• PAD THE HOOF to go on foot; to walk; tramp ...1824
• PAD THE ROAD to go on foot; to move or travel slowly ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAIDLE to walk, esp. to walk slowly or with short steps; to totter, to toddle; to wander about ...1808 Sc.
• PAIK to walk steadily and continuously ...1827 Sc.
• PAISE to walk about leisurely or lazily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALCH to walk softly and slowly, esp. through mud ...1746 Eng. dial.
• PALMER to walk clumsily and with much noise ...1896 Sc.
• PALMER HOUSE to walk flat-footed ...1930s US Black sl.
• PAT AND JERRY to walk, to go on foot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PERIPATETICATE † with it: to walk on foot ...1793 nonce word
• PERUSE to wander, to saunter, to prowl; to walk in a leisurely manner; to make one's way ...1853 Amer. dial.
• POP STYLE of a woman: to walk in a provocative manner or to act stylishly ...1950s W. Indies sl,
• PULL ON SHANK'S HORSES to go on foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUAT to walk in an undignified manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACOON to walk about at night, like a raccoon ...1855 nonce word
• RAIK † to go, to proceed, to make one's way; to walk, to stroll, to wander ...c1340
• RALLY to walk backwards and forwards in disorder ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAM-STAM to walk, rush or blunder about in a headlong, impetuous manner ...1816 Sc.
• REDAMBULATE †* to walk back ...1623
• REEL-RALL to move or work in a confused manner; to disarrange; to walk in an aimless, disorderly fashion ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIDE BAYARD OF TEN TOES to go on foot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RIDE BY THE MARROWBONE COACH to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• RIDE BY THE MARROWBONE STAGE to walk ...19C Brit. sl.
• RIDE CHANCEY'S MARE to go on foot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RIDE IN THE MARROW-BONE COACH to go on foot ...1838
• RIDE IN THE MARROW-BONE STAGE to go on foot ...1838
• RIDE ON THE BEETLE to walk on foot with a party on horseback ...1824 Sc.
• RIDE SHANK'S COLT to ride Shank's mare ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S HORSE to go on foot ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S HORSES to go on foot ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S MARE to go on foot ...1831 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S PONIES to go on foot ...1931 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANK'S PONY to go on foot ...1931 Amer. dial.
• RIDE SHANKS'S MARE to go on foot ...1831 Amer. dial.
• RIDE THE BEETLE to walk on foot with a party on horseback ...1824 Sc.
• SAG ALONG to walk slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SAIBLE to walk with a proud or haughty carriage ...1929 Sc.
• SAIG to dawdle; to walk in a slow, aimless manner ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SALLY OUT to walk with an idle, trailing gait ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANTER to walk slowly; to saunter ...1873 Eng. dial.
• SASHAY to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter ...1878 Amer. dial.
• SASHIATE to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter; to move briskly about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SASSHAY to walk or travel in a casual manner; to saunter ...M19 orig. US
• SAUTER to saunter, to walk leisurely, to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAWM to walk lazily; to idle about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAMBLE to shamble, to walk awkwardly; to run hastily and irregularly ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCASH 1. to twist, to turn to one side; to walk in a shuffling, awkward manner with the toes turned outwards, either from deformity or affectation ...1866 Sc.
2. to walk in a silly, affected way ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE to walk in a waddling, shuffling manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS to walk in a silly, affected way ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAWT to boast, to give oneself airs; to walk arrogantly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHLAP to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SCHLEP(P) to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SCLAB-DAB to walk in a flat-footed noisy manner, as if through mud ...1931 Sc.
• SCLAFF to walk in a flat-footed or shuffling way; to plant the feet with a slapping motion or sound on the ground in walking ...1825 Sc.
• SCLAFFER to walk in a flat-footed or shuffling way; to plant the feet with a slapping motion or sound on the ground in walking ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAP to walk in a flat-footed, shuffling manner ...1969 Sc.
• SCLATCH to walk or move about in an ungainly, slovenly way; to shuffle ...1866 Sc.
• SCLEET to walk so as to wear down the shoes at one side, or as one splay-footed ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLIFF to trail the feet on the ground in walking; to walk with a dull, heavy step; to rub against ...1901 Sc.
• SCLUNSH to walk with a slow heavy tread; to stump along ...1882 Sc.
• SCLUTE to walk clumsily, dragging the feet along the ground; to walk with the toes much turned out ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCORT to walk proudly; to be arrogant ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLE to walk with difficulty; to bend the legs stiffly; to become stiff; to crawl about feebly, as a sick man ...1898 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE to scramble, to climb, to crawl on hands and knees; to walk about with difficulty; to struggle ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SHAG to walk, to go on foot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHAMBLE to walk or move along with an awkward or shuffling gait ...L16
• SHAMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHAMMUCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SHUMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SHANK IT to walk, to travel on foot ...L18 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHIG-SHOG to rock or vibrate; to walk in a jerky manner; to trot or amble in riding ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SHLAP to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SHLEP to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SHOOL to drag the feet in walking; to walk with a shuffle ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHUCKLE to shuffle; to slink along in walking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SIFT to walk casually; to drift ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SIFT AROUND to walk casually; to drift ...1921 Amer. dial.
• SI-FUGLE AROUND to loaf about; to walk casually, to drift ...1912 Amer. dial.
• SKASHLE to walk in a waddling, shuffling manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELP to skip, trip, walk, or run rapidly; to hurry ...1721
• SKLAFF to walk in a flat-footed or shuffling way; to plant the feet with a slapping motion or sound on the ground in walking ...1825 Sc.
• SKLAFFER to walk in a clumsy way without lifting the feet properly; to shuffle along ...1899 Sc.
• SKLATCH to dash violently; to fall heavily; to walk with a heavy, awkward step ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLEET to walk so as to wear down the shoes at one side, or as one splay-footed ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIFF to trail the feet on the ground in walking; to walk with a dull, heavy step; to rub against ...1901 Sc.
• SKLUTE to walk clumsily, dragging the feet along the ground; to walk with the toes much turned out ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SNUDGE † to walk with downcast looks, or in a thoughtful, musing way ...1677 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble ...1626
• SPLIT to walk or run at great speed ...L18 sl.
• STIR ONE'S STUMPS to walk fast; to dance briskly; to act quickly; to bestir oneself, to increase one's speed ...c1460
• STOY to walk in a leisurely, careless manner; to saunter, to loiter ...1866 Sc.
• STRAM to walk stiffly ...1869 colloq.
• STRETCH A LEG to walk ...1653 sl.
• STRETCH ONE'S LEGS † to increase one's stride, to walk fast ...1653
• STRETCH THE LEGS to exercise by walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRIME to walk with long steps; to stride; to pace ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TAB to walk ...1982 sl.
• TAIGLE to walk slowly or heavily, to drag oneself, to trudge ...1886 Sc.
• TAILGATE to walk very slowly behind another person ...2003 UK sl.
• TAKE A CONSTITUTIONAL to take a walk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE MR. FOOT'S HORSE to walk ...B1900 sl.
• TAKE PAT AND CHARLIE to walk, to go on foot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TAKE PATIENCE AND WALK to go on foot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAKE SHANK'S OLD MARE to go on foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE ANKLE EXPRESS to walk ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE DOGS FOR A WALK to exercise by walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FLOOR to walk ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE FOOT of a child: to begin to walk ...1805 Sc.
• TAN THE LAND to walk quickly; to cover the land with shoe-leather ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TAP to walk with sharp light steps ...1749
• TAVE to walk heavily through dirt, snow, etc.; to wade; to struggle on ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAGLE to walk slowly or heavily, to drag oneself, to trudge ...1886 Sc.
• THUMP to walk or dance with energy; to do any kind of work vigorously ...1790 Sc.
• TIP to step lightly; to trip; to walk mincingly, or on tiptoe ...1819
• TIP GRAND to walk fast; to run; to leave quickly ...1934 Amer. sl.
• TITTUP to walk or go with an up-and-down movement; to walk in an affected manner; to mince or prance in one's gait ...1785
• TODDER to walk unsteadily, to totter ...1871
• TOENAIL IT to walk, to 'hoof it' ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOLTER to move unsteadily; to flounder; to turn or toss about; to hobble; to walk unevenly ...1529 Eng. dial.
• T.P. AND W. to go on foot, 'take pains and walk' ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TRAMPOOSE to tramp, to trudge, to walk or wander about; to traverse ...1725 Amer. dial.
• TRAVEL to walk, to go by foot ...1880 Amer. dial.
• TRAVEL BY MR. FOOT'S HORSE to go on foot, to walk ...E19 sl.
• TROTTLE to toddle, to walk with short quick steps, as a child learning to walk ...1825 Sc.
• USE SHANK'S HORSES to go on foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• USE TOM AND JERRY to walk, to go on foot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• VAMP † to make one's way on foot; to tramp or trudge ...1654 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VAMP IT to walk ...1914 Amer. dial.
• VAVEL to walk unsteadily ...1908 Sc.
• VICAMBULATE to walk about in the streets ...1873 nonce word
• VIR to move or walk with force ...1866 Sc.
• VIRR to move or walk with force ...1866 Sc.
• WABBLE to wobble; to walk unsteadily, to stagger, to totter, to rock on one's feet, to waffle ...1786 Sc.
• WAFFLE 1. to walk hesitatingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
2. to waver about in walking against a strong wind ...1973 Sc.
• WAG to leave, to walk slowly ...L17 sl.
• WAG OFF to leave, to walk slowly ...L17 sl.
• WAIBLE to walk feebly and unsteadily ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WALK DANDY-DUDE to kick out one's legs when walking, the result of a deformity ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• WALK HEAVY to impose oneself on the world, to walk about in a deliberately self-assured manner ...1960s US Black sl.
• WALK ON ROCKY SOCKS to walk unsteadily owing to an excess of drink...20C US sl.
• WALK TURKEY to walk around in a strutting manner ...L19 sl.
• WALLACH to walk with difficulty; to wallow ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WALLOCK to roll in one's gait; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1905 Eng, dial.
• WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALLOW to roll in walking; to walk in a lumbering, helpless manner ...1802 Sc.
• WAMBLE † to roll about in walking; to go with an unsteady gait ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANDLE to walk unsteadily or wearily; to move with a slow, trembling step ...1686 Eng. dial.
• WANNEL to walk unsteadily or wearily; to move with a slow, trembling step ...1686 Eng. dial.
• YACHLE to walk in an awkward, shuffling manner, like a person with loose joints; to walk with difficulty ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAUCHLE to shamble, to walk in an awkward shuffling manner; to walk with difficulty ...1887 Sc.
WALKER - nouns, person
• BAMBLER a person who shambles, or walks unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASIL-HAMPERS a person of short stature, taking short steps, who proceeds slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEMMLE an ill-made man; an ungainly walker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAD a person walking with a long and heavy step ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CRAMBLE TOES a person walking as with sore feet ...19C Eng. dial.
• DADGIL a person wearing ill-fitting clothes and with a foolish gait ...1824 Sc.
• DALLION † a person whose clothes are too large for his body; also, one who has a foolish gait in walking ...1824 Sc.
• DEAMBULATOR † one who walks abroad ...1630
• DEW-BEATER a person who has large feet or who walks awkwardly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• DEW-DASHER a person who has large feet, or who walks awkwardly ...19C Eng. dial.
• DEW-SPREADER a person who has large feet or who walks awkwardly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEW-WIPER a person who has large feet or who walks awkwardly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ESCARGOT a male walking arm in arm with his date ...1980s US campus sl.
• GANGER † one who goes or travels on foot ...1424 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANGREL * a child just beginning to walk ...1768 Sc.
• HACKITIE HEELS a nickname for an intoed person who kicks his heels in walking ...1956 Sc.
• HOOF-PADDER a pedestrian ...L18 sl.
• LAMPER one who walks with long, prancing steps, or smartly and deliberately ...1825 Sc.
• NOCTAMBULIST a person who walks at night, especially in their sleep; a somnambulist ...1731
• NOCTIVAGATOR † one who walks or wanders by night; a night-walker ...1640
• PADDLER 1. a small person walking with short, uncertain steps ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
2. a child just beginning to walk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADJELL † a veteran pedestrian who has often been victorious in foot-races ...1824 Sc.
• PALMERER one who walks in a clumsy, noisy manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PED a professional runner, walker ...1863 sl.
• PERIPATECIAN † one given to walking or travelling about; a pedestrian ...1598
• SCLATCH a shuffling, ungainly walker; a heavy, flat-footed person ...1969 Sc.
• STRADDLE-BUG a woman with a mannish gait ...1907 Amer. dial.
• TASHELTON † one who in walking covers himself with mire ...1837 Eng. dial.
• TWEEDLETOE a person who places one foot over the other in walking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WALKING-MATE † one's companion in walking ...1596
• YACHLIN one who walks in an awkward, shuffling manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
WALKING - adjectives
• BELAGGED left behind, outstripped in walking ...1795 Eng. dial.
• BOYTOCH bad at walking from stoutness ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEAMBULATORY moving about from place to place; movable, shifting ...1607
• GAITED paced, walking ...1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GANGING † going on foot, walking ...a1100 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HIP-SWISHY said of a young woman's manner of walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ILL-GAITED clumsy in walking, unable to walk far ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-GATED clumsy in walking, unable to walk far ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KEB-FOOTED walking with the toes turned inward ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OBAMBULATORY * habitually walking about, itinerant ...1855
• OF-WALKED †* exhausted or fatigued with walking ...1377
• PADDING travelling on foot ...1844 Eng. dial.
• PADDLING walking; wandering aimlessly ...1828 Sc.
• PALMERING wandering; walking feebly ...1816 Sc.
• PEDESTRIAL † pertaining to the foot; going on foot, walking ...1611
• SALLACKING walking clumsily; walking in shoes that are too large or are worn down at the heels ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WADGIKING walking awkwardly in an undrilled manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOCKING corpulent and walking with an awkward, rolling gait ...Bl1905 Eng. dial.
WALKING - adverbs
• TARSIE-VERSIE topsy-turvy, in confusion or disorder; walking backwards ...1838 Sc.
• TERSY-VERSY topsy-turvy, in confusion or disorder; walking backwards ...1838 Eng. dial.
WALKING - nouns
• ALEXANDRA LIMP a manner of walking taken up by fashionable society as a deliberate tribute to the way in which Princess Alexandra (1844-1925), then Princess of Wales, walked ...c1870 UK society usage
• ALEXANDRA STEP a manner of walking taken up by fashionable society as a deliberate tribute to the way in which Princess Alexandra (1844-1925), then Princess of Wales, walked ...c1870 UK society usage
• ANKLE EXPRESS transportation by foot, walking ...1910s US sl.
• BLAD a long and heavy step in walking ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALL a leading-string, broad tape fastened to young children when they first walk; generally used in plural ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CROCODILE a group walking two by two in a long file, usually applied to schoolchildren ...a1870 sl.
• FADDLE a slow pace in walking ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAIT-TRIP † manner of walking ...1583
• GANG † the act of walking ...1500-20
• GANGING † the power of walking ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAMMER clumsy, noisy walking or working; a clumsy, noisy person or worker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HORSE OF TEN TOES the human feet, 'shanks' mare ...1616
• HYTER-SKYTER the act of walking with very tottering steps ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL-GAIT an awkward manner of walking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-GATE an awkward manner of walking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBAMBULATION * a walking to and fro ...1600
• PADDLE the act of walking with short, quick steps ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PALMER clumsy, noisy walking ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAIK † the act of going about, walking about, etc.; course, way; journey ...a1400 now rare or obs.
• SCASHLE the act of walking with a waddling, shuffling gait; the noise made by the feet along the ground ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLIFF the act of trailing the feet along the ground, or of walking with a dull, heavy step; a rub delivered sideways or in passing with anything having a flat surface; the noise made by trailing, walking, striking, or rubbing ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCORNSUM-GANGING slippery walking, as on ice ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHANKS'S MARE one's own legs as a means of conveyance
• SHANKS'S PONY one's own legs as a means of conveyance
• SHOE-LEATHER EXPRESS. one's own feet as a means of transportation; walking ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHOEMAKER'S BLACK TEAM. one's own legs as a mean of transportation; walking ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SKASHLE the act of walking with a waddling, shuffling gait; the noise made by the feet along the ground ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIFF the act of trailing the feet along the ground, or of walking with a dull, heavy step; a rub delivered sideways or in passing with anything having a flat surface; the noise made by trailing, walking, striking, or rubbing ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAMSON'S MARE shanks' pony; walking ...1893 Sc.
• THOMSON'S MARE Shank's pony, walking on one's one feet ...1893 Sc.
• WABBLE the act of walking with difficulty through weakness ...1866 Sc.
• WALKER'S GIG Shanks' mare, on one's feet, by walking ...1932 Sc.
• WALKER'S HACK one's own legs as a means of transportation ...1918 Amer. dial.
• WALLACH the act of walking with difficulty; the act of wallowing...Bk1905 Sc.
WALKING STAFF, WALKING STICK - nouns
• BAT a cudgel, a staff; a thick walking-stick ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BATON a staff or stick generally; a walking-stick ..1801
• BIOT any kind of support; a walking-stick ...1818 Eng. dial.
• CAMMOCK a crooked stick; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...1862 Sc.
• CUMMOCK a crooked stick; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...1862 Sc.
• CRAB-STICK a stick or cudgel of the wood of the crab-tree; a walking-stick made of the wood of the crab-tree; hence, a stick of any kind ...1703
• GANGING-STAFF a walking-stick ...1595 Sc.
• HAND-PROP a walking stick ...1857 Sc.
• KEBBIE a hook-ended walking-stick; a shepherd's crook ...1816 Sc.
• KEBBY a hook-ended walking-stick; a shepherd's crook ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIBBY a walking-stick, esp. one used in rounding up sheep ...1964 NZ sl.
• PEDLAR'S HORSE a walking-stick ...c1780 colloq.
• PEDLAR'S PAD a walking-stick ...c1780 colloq.
• PEDLAR'S PONY a walking-stick ...c1780 colloq.
• QUANT a long pole with which to propel barges or punts; a walking-stick ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RAPPO † a long walking-stick carried by countrymen, reaching up to or above their heads ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REPPLE † a long walking-staff as tall as, or taller than, the bearer ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WADDY a stick; a walking-stick ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• WAND † a light walking-stick, a cane ...1548
• YARD † a staff or stick carried in the hand as a walking-stick, or by a shepherd or herdsman ...c1000
WALL - adjectives
• IMMURATE † immured; enclosed in walls or as in walls; imprisoned, confined ...1593
• VALLATED * surround by a wall ...1888
• WALL-FAST † secure within walls ...1593
WALL - nouns
• ALBERT HALL a wall ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BALANCE WALL a stone wall or fence ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BALANCED WALL a stone wall or fence ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BASTIMENT † a building, a wall ...1679
• DIKE a wall made either of stones, turf, etc. ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IMMURE †* something that immures; a wall ...1606
• OBVALLATION †* a surrounding with a trench or wall ...1658
• PANE † a section or length of a wall or fence ...c1380
• RICKLE-DIKE a wall of stones ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCANTLING the juncture of a wall with the roof of a house ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THRALLING † a wall which formed a barrier ...1846 Eng. dial.
• VALLATION * a ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defense or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature ...1664
• VALLIE † rampart, wall ...1602
• WALLURE †* walls collectively ...c1475
• YARD-DIKE † a garden wall ...1595
• YARD-DYKE a garden wall ...1714 Sc.
WALL - verbs
• IMMURAL † to wall in ...1662
• IMMURE 1. to shut up or enclose within walls; to imprison; to confine as in a prison or fortress ...1588
† 2. to wall in, to surround with a wall or walls; to fortify ...1598
• OBVALLATE †* to surround with a wall or entrenchment ...1623
WALLED - adjectives
• BOXED sheltered, walled in ...Bk1911 Sc.
WALLET - nouns
• BILLBOOK a pocketbook ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BILLFOLD a pocketbook to carry folded paper money; a wallet ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BILLFOLDER a pocketbook to carry folded paper money; a wallet ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BUDGET a pouch or wallet; a package, a bundle ...1818 Amer. dial.
• GABERLUNZIE † a wallet or bag carried by beggars ...1808 Sc.
• HANGER a wallet protruding from a pocket or purse, thus ripe for pickpocketing ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• MAIL a bag, pack, or wallet; a travelling bag ...c1205
• MONK BAG a small leather wallet or purse worn around the neck, tucked out of sight ...1841 Amer. sl., chiefly nautical
• MONKEY BAG a small leather wallet or purse worn around the neck, tucked out of sight ...1847 Amer. sl., chiefly nautical
• OKEY a wallet, esp. its contents ...c1934 criminals' sl. UK rhyming sl. for 'poke' (okey-doke)
• OKEY-DOKE a wallet, esp. its contents ...1961 UK rhyming sl. for 'poke'
• POGUE a bag or purse; a wallet ...1812 criminals' sl.
• POKE a wallet, pocket, or purse ...1859 Amer. sl.
• READER a wallet or pocket-book ...17C criminals' sl.
• SKIN a pocketbook, wallet, etc. ...1790 Amer. sl.
WALLOP - nouns
• QUILT a blow, a wallop ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALLIWAP a stroke, a hard blow, a whack, a wallop ...a1825 Sc.
WALNUT - nouns
• BANNUT the walnut; also applied to the growing tree itself ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BARK the hull of a walnut ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BOY'S BRITCHES the kernel of a walnut ...1940 Amer. dial.
• KERNEL the hard shell of a walnut ...1986 Amer. dial.
• NOGAL a walnut tree; a walnut ...1869 Amer. dial.
• RIND the thick outside covering of a walnut ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCAPE the shell of a walnut ...1863 Eng. dial.
• SHUCK the hard shell of a nut, esp. of a walnut or hickory nut ...1837 Amer.
• STUNLAW walnuts ...Bk1904 back-slang
• WALNUT-BRUSHING the picking of walnuts; a walnut crop ...1902 Eng. dial.
• WALSH-NUT † a walnut ...1368-9
WALNUT - nouns, person
• WALNUT-BRUSHER one who picks walnuts ...1902 Eng. dial.
WALNUT - verbs
• BAD to remove the outer green husk from walnuts ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BOD to remove the outer green husk from walnuts ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RASSLE to brush ripe walnuts from off the tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCAPE of walnuts: to shell ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
WALRUS - nouns
• ROSMARINE † the walrus ...1590
WAN - adjectives
• CALLOW pale, wan ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DEAD † of the face: deadly pale, wan ...c1386
• HAW discoloured, livid, pale, wan ...c1420 Sc.
• LEW weak; also, of a leaden or pale colour; pale, wan ...c1325 Eng. dial.
• PALLESCENT * growing or becoming pale; rather pale; pallid, wan ...1657
• TALLOW-HUED as pale as tallow, wan ...B1900
• WANNIE † wan, pallid ...1555
• WANNY † wan, pallid ...1555
WAND - nouns
• GAD a rod or wand; a fishing rod; also, a stake or stout stick ...1535 Eng. dial.
• VERGE * a rod, wand, or stick ...1897
WANDER - adjectives
• WANDERABLE that one can wander in ...1906 nonce word
WANDER, WANDERING - verbs
• ABERR † to wander off, to go astray, to diverge from a recognized path ...1536
• ACHE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ASS AROUND to fool around, to loiter, to waste time; to wander aimlessly; to be idle; to act irresponsibly; to trifle ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE AROUND to loaf; to trifle; to wander idly about; to waste time ...1968 Amer. sl.
• ASSLE AROUND to loaf, to wander idly about ...1920 Amer. sl.
• AUWANA to wander about aimlessly; to go by walking ...1938 Hawaii
• BANDY to wander or roam about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAT AROUND to potter, to trifle, to loaf or idle; to gad about; to wander aimlessly ...1960 Amer. dial.
• BOGUE to wander, to walk aimlessly; to trudge; to move slowly ...1775 Amer. dial.
• BOOM AROUND to move from place to place, to wander ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BROGUE to walk, to hike, to trudge; to wander or go about aimlessly ...1883 Amer. dial.
• BROGUE AROUND to wander about ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BROOZE AROUND to wander about idly ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BROUGE AROUND to wander about idly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BROWSE to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWSE AROUND to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle ...1884 Amer. dial.
• BRUISE ALONG to wander about idly ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BRUISE AROUND to wander about idly ...1855 Amer. dial.
• BUM to knock about; to wander around, to loaf ...1883 US colloq.
• BUM AROUND to wander around ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• DACKER to go about in a sauntering, idle way; to wander ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAIVER to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
• DANDER to stroll, to saunter, to walk aimlessly, idly, or uncertainly; to wander ...1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DANNER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DAUNDER to stroll, to saunter, to walk aimlessly, idly, or uncertainly; to wander ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAVER to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
• DONDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Eng. dial.
• DOVER to wander aimlessly or confusedly; to walk unsteadily ...E19 Sc.
• DROODLE to wander aimlessly; to laze around ...20C US sl.
• EGAR †* to stray, to wander, to go astray ...1584
• EXTRAVAGATE 1. to wander away, to stray ...1600
2. to wander at large; to roam at will ...1766
• GAD * to go wandering in desire or thought ...1579
• GAITLE to wander idly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANDER to wander aimlessly, or with a foolish air like that of a gander ...1822 Eng. dial.
• GANNER to wander about aimlessly or in the foolish-looking manner of a gander ...822 Sc.
• GAPE to idle, to wander ...1966 US sl.
• GET A FIT OF THE GAD to have a fit of aimless wandering ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GO GANDERHEADING ABOUT to wander aimlessly about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOPHER to wander around, to potter about ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HAAK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• HAIG to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid way; to hang about, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• HAKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVE A GAD-FLY † to be fond of wandering or roving about ...1591
• ITINERATE to journey or travel from place to place; to wander ...1600-9
• KAAIKE to stare vacantly; to wander listlessly ...1854 Eng. dial.
• KADOODLE to hang around, to frequent, to wander about ...L19 US sl.
• KNOCK AROUND to wander; to travel aimlessly ...M19 sl., orig. US
• LALL to lounge, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAUNDER to wander about in a confused, aimless, or melancholy fashion; to miss one's way; to walk unsteadily; to act in a helpless, imbecile manner ...1819 Eng. dial.
• MAZE to wander as if stupefied ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully ...1747 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully ...1747 Eng. dial.
• MOSEY to wander or shuffle about leisurely; to stroll; to saunter: often followed by 'along', 'about', etc ...1820 Amer.
• OBAMBULATE * to walk about; to wander hither and thither ...1614
• PAD to walk; to wander ...M17 sl.
• PADDLE to walk, esp. to walk slowly or with short steps; to totter, to toddle; to wander about ...1792
• PAD IT to walk; to wander ...M17 sl.
• PAIDLE to walk, esp. to walk slowly or with short steps; to totter, to toddle; to wander about ...1808 Sc.
• PALAVER to go around; to wander about ...1970s UK Black usage
• PALMER to wander about like a palmer or vagrant; to go about idly from place to place; to saunter about ...1807 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PANDER to wander or idle about in a silly, purposeless fashion, from one place to another ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PERAGRATE * to wander through the country; to rove about; to travel over or through ...1542
• PERERRATE †* to wander up and down ...1623
• PERUSE to wander, to saunter, to prowl; to walk in a leisurely manner; to make one's way ...1853 Amer. dial.
• PESTICATE to wander idly; to prowl about ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PILF to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER AROUND to loaf, to loiter, to wander about idly ...1974 Amer. dial.
• RAIK † to go, to proceed, to make one's way; to walk, to stroll, to wander ...c1340
• RAIL †* to go about, to wander, to roam ...c1400
• RAK to wander, to roam ...1967 Sc.
• RAKE † to go or wander about, to roam, to stray, to ramble; to stroll about idly; to gad about ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RALLY to wander back and forwards in a restless, disorderly manner ...1866 Sc.
• RANGLE † to rove, to wander, to stray ...1567
• RANK to wander ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAVEL to wander about aimlessly ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SACKLE to loiter; to wander idly about ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAFF to wander about in an idle manner; to roam around ...1866 Sc.
• SCAMANDER of persons: to wander about, to take devious or winding course ...M19 sl.
• SCAMP to wander about idly, to roam ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCATTERLOFISTICATE to wander aimlessly, at haphazard; to range over a country; to travel ...B1900 western sl.
• SCAVEN to wander aimlessly about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLAMBER to wander about in idleness ...1832 Sc.
• SCLAMMER to wander about in idleness ...1832 Sc.
• SCOOT to go about in a lazy, idle manner; to wander about ...BK1904 Sc.
• SKLAMMER to wander about in idleness ...1832 Sc.
• SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble ...1626
• STRAVAIG to wander about aimlessly ...L18 orig. & chiefly Sc., Irish. & N. Eng. dial.
• STROLLOP to wander about ...20C Amer. dial.
• TAIVER to wander; to delay ...1876 Sc.
• TRAFFIC to wander, to move idly about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TRAFFIC ABOUT to wander, to move idly about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TRAMPOOSE to tramp, to trudge, to walk or wander about; to traverse ...1725 Amer. dial.
• VAGABONDIZE to live, wander, or go about as, or in the manner of, a vagabond; to roam or travel in a free, idle, unconstrained, or unconventional manner; to play the vagabond ...1611
• VAGARY † to wander or roam ...1598
• VAGE to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to gad about ...1701 Sc.
• VAGUE † to wander; to range, to roam; to ramble idly or as a vagrant ...c1425 Sc. now rare or. obs.
• VAIG to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to stroll; to gad about ...1701 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VENDER to wander ...1866 Sc.
• WAFF to wander about in an idle manner ...1866 Sc.
• WAFF ABOUT to wander in an idle manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAGGER † to wander, to have no settled abode ...c1380
• WAITH † to wander ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAIVE † to wander, to stray ...c1350
• WAKE † to wander ...1802 Sc.
• WALK † to go from place to place; to journey, to wander ...a1000
• WALLABY to wander around ...1900s Aust. sl.
WANDERER, WANDERING - nouns, person
• AUWANA a gadabout; a wanderer ...1938 Hawaii
• BUTTERFLY one given to wandering ...1890
• EARTH-PLANET † a fugitive, a wanderer ...1591 nonce word
• FIDDLE-FOOT a person who wanders ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GADABOUT one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ...1837
• GAD-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ...1810
• GADDER one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman ... 1550
• GADDER-ABOUT † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ... 1568
• GADDER-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ... 1577
• GAD-FLY † a person who is constantly wandering or roving about ...1614
• GADLING † a wanderer, a wayfarer, a vagabond ...a1542
• HAIK a person or animal in the habit of wandering idly from place to place, out of curiosity or with the idea of scrounging; generally applied opprobriously to a woman ...1825 Sc.
• HAIKER a person or animals in the habit of wandering idly from place to place, out of curiosity or with the idea of scrounging; generally applied opprobriously to a woman ...1866 Sc.
• HERE-AND-THEREIAN a person with no permanent place of residence; one who moves about from place to place; a wanderer ...1701 humorous nonce word
• JAVEL † a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp ...a1300
• NOCTIVAGANT * one who wanders by night ...1633
• NOCTIVAGATOR † one who walks or wanders by night; a night-walker ...1640
• RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment ...1825 Sc.
• RAK one who wanders or roams about idly ...1908 Sc.
• RAKE one who wanders about in an aimless manner; a lounger, an idle person ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAKER a vagabond, a wanderer, a rover ...1866 Sc.
• RANGER a rover, a wanderer ...1593
• RIDGE RUNNER a person who wanders from place to place, esp. someone on the prowl ...1930 Amer. dial.
• ROLL-ABOUT * a wanderer ...1893
• SCAFF a person who habitually wanders about idly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHAUGHRAUN a wandering person, a vagrant; also, an itinerant state ...L19 Irish & Can. dial.
• SOLIVAGANT one who wanders about alone ...1621
• THISTLE-DOWN children apt to wander; esp. on moor or heath ...1909 Anglo-Irish
• TINKER a wanderer ...Sc., Irish
• VAGER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a1500 Sc.
• VAGUER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a1500 Sc.
• VAIG a wanderer; a vagabond; an idle person ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAIGER a wanderer, a rover, a vagrant ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALLIDRAG a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLIE-TRAGLE a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLY-DRAIGLE a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLY-DREG a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
WANDERING - adjectives
• ABERRANT wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard ...1848
• AMPLIVAGOUS † wandering widely or at large; having a large sphere of action ...1731
• CIRCUMFORANEOUS † wandering from place to place, as from market to market or house to house; strolling about, vagrant ...1650 now rare or obs.
• DANDERING wandering, sauntering ...1773 Sc.
• EGREGIOUS wandering from the flock ...1873 nonce use
• FIDDLE-FOOTED restless, given to wandering, gadding about ...1941 Amer. dial.
• GADABOUT wandering; given to roving or gadding ...1817
• GADDY †* given to wandering or roving about ...1637
• GADLING † wandering ...1594
• HAIKIN' wandering, idle, worthless; gossiping from house to house ...1836 Sc.
• LAND-LOPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• LAND-LOUPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• MAIZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZEY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONTIVAGANT †* wandering on the mountains ...1656
• MONTIVAGOUS † wandering up and down the hills and mountains ...1658
• MUNDIVAGANT † wandering about the world, roaming through the world ...1656
• NEMORIVAGANT * wandering in the woods ..1656
• NEMORIVAGOUS * wandering in woods or groves ...1721
• NOCTIVAGANT wandering in the night ...c1620
• OMNIVAGANT wandering or roaming everywhere or in all directions ...1656
• ON THE GAD constantly running or wandering about ...1863 Eng. dial.
• ON THE RAKE wandering idly around ...1967 Sc.
• ON THE WALLABY on tramp; wandering about on foot, whether in search of work or aimlessly as a vagrant ...1869
• ON THE WALLABY TRACK on tramp; wandering about on foot, whether in search of work or aimlessly as a vagrant ...1890
• PADDLING walking; wandering aimlessly ...1828 Sc.
• PALMERING wandering; walking feebly ...1816 Sc.
• PLANETICOSE given to wandering or roaming ...1849 nonce word
• RAIKIN wandering ...1818 Sc.
• RAMBLE-HEADED †* of a wandering, giddy disposition ...a1761
• RUN-ABOUT wandering, restless ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SOLIVAGANT wandering about alone; characterized by going alone ...1641
• SOLIVAGOUS * wandering alone ...1727
• TAIVERT wandering, exhausted with work, fatigued ...1879 Sc.
• UPON THE GAD. constantly running or wandering about ...c1815
• VAGABONDIAL † roaming, wandering, vagabondish ...1615
• VAGABONDICAL * roaming, wandering, vagabondish ...1576
• VAGABUNDICAL * roaming, wandering ...1576
• VAGANT † wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding place ...1382
• VAGARIOUS wandering, roaming, roving ...1882
• VAGOUS † vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds; irregular, inordinate; unsettled, wandering ...1660
• VAGRAL vagrant, wandering ...1899 Sc.
• VAGRARIOUS † vagrant, wandering ...1795 nonce word
• VAGRATE † vagrant, wandering; nomadic ...1619
• VAGROM vagrant, vagabond, wandering ...1599
• VAIG † wandering, roaming; quickly swept away ...1791 Sc.
• WAFF 1. of animals: strayed, wandering, ownerless ...1711 Sc.
2. of persons: vagrant, wandering, homeless, footloose ...1725 Sc.
• WAFFER † strayed, wandering ...1789 Sc.
• WAIF stray, wandering, homeless ...c1730 Sc.
• WAITH † wandering, roaming ...1710 Sc.
• WALKING † leading a wandering life, vagrant, strolling ...1490
• WANCRAUNT †* given to wandering ...1422
WANDERING - nouns
• ABERRATION a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path ...1615
• BANGLING a hanging about, wandering idly ...1894 Eng. dial.
• DANDERING a wandering, a stroll ...1828 Sc.
• EVAGATION † 1. a wandering of the mind, thoughts, etc. ...c1425
2. the act of wandering; a rambling, roving; a departing from a specified locality, prescribed course, etc. ...1691
• FAR-ABOUT † a digression, a wandering ...1639
• OBERRATION †* a straying or wandering about ...1658
• ODYSSEY a long series of wanderings to and fro; a long adventurous journey ...1889
• RAMATRACKS purposeless wandering ...20C Ulster sl.
• SCAMP idle wandering, roaming about ...1866 Sc.
• VAGANCY †* a wandering or strolling ...1641
• VAGARY † a wandering or devious journey or tour; a roaming about or abroad; an excursion, ramble, stroll ...1577
• VAGATION † the act of wandering, straying, or departing from the proper or regular course; a wandering, rambling, or roaming ...c1340
• WAITH † n. that which is stray and unclaimed; flotsam and jetsam; a wandering, a straying ...1838 Sc.
• WANDERMENT †* the act of wandering ...1597
WANDERLUST - nouns
• GANGING FIT wanderlust ...1721 Sc.