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Synonyms for gait

Grammar : Noun
Spell : geyt
Phonetic Transcription : geɪt

Top 10 synonyms for gait
Other synonyms for the word gait

Définition of gait

Origin :
  • c.1300, gate "a going or walking, departure, journey," earlier "way, road, path" (c.1200), from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse gata "way, road, path"), cognate with Old High German gazza "street, German Gasse, Gothic gatwo. Meaning "manner of walking" is from mid-15c. Modern spelling developed before 1750, originally in Scottish. Related: Gaited.
  • noun way an animal or person moves, walks
Example sentences :
  • He slouched slightly in his gait, like the heavy man accustomed to the saddle.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Dozier kept Gray Peter at a steady pace, never varying his gait.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The amazing lift was gone from her gait, and she pounded heavily with the forelegs.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • We couldn't ever git away from them at this gait, and I couldn't hold on forever.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Their gait was springier, their glance more forthright than heretofore.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • How light is his heart, how chearful his gait, and how gay his countenance!
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • James turned away, and walked home with a gait of wounded dignity.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • At his present gait his wheels gave out practically no sound.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • It may have been the gradient of the hills, but somehow her gait had lost something of its buoyancy.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
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