# walking
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈwɔːkɪŋ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈwɔkɪŋ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈwɑkɪŋ/
* Hyphenation: walk‧ing
* Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ

### Etymology 1

From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk +‎ -ing.

#### Verb

walking
* present participle and gerund of walk

#### Adjective

walking (not comparable)
* Incarnate as a human; living.
    Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
    Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
** 2020 November 19, Kurran Karbal, Zuzu (lyrics and music), “Woke Up” (0:22 from the start), in Adventure Time: Distant Lands - Obsidian (Original Soundtrack), performed by Olivia Olson:Honestly / You're a walking, talking, candy tragedy
* Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
* Characterized by or suitable for walking.
    a walking tour
    good walking shoes
* Heavily characterized by some given quality.
    She was a walking example of how fitness training can take you a long way.
    a walking contradiction
* (music) Being a style of bass accompaniment or line, common in Baroque music (1600–1750) and 20th century jazz, blues and rockabilly, which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while walking.
    a walking bass, or walking bassline

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English walkyng, walkinge, equivalent to walk +‎ -ing.

#### Noun

walking (countable and uncountable, plural walkings)
* verbal noun of walk.
** 1878, Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel:Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.
** 2013 September-October, Rob Dorit, “These 'Bots Are Made for Walking”, in American Scientist:Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.

##### Translations
### Derived terms

* aqua walking
* club-walking
* dead man walking
* dead person walking
* dead woman walking
* devil's walking stick
* dogwalking
* drink walking
* gorge-walking
* gorge walking
* go walking
* knuckle-walking
* mall walking
* Mexican walking fish
* Nordic walking
* race walking
* redirected walking
* slackrope walking
* speed walking
* tactile walking surface indicator
* tightrope walking
* walking-about money
* walking-around money
* walking bass
* walking beam
* Walking Bear
* walking boot
* walking boss
* walking bus
* walking cane
* walking carpet
* walking cast
* walking catfish
* walking chair
* walking corpse syndrome
* walking dead
* walking dictionary
* walking disease
* walking distance
* walking dustbin
* walking encyclopaedia
* walking encyclopedia
* walking fan
* walking fern
* walking fire
* walking fish
* walking frame
* walking gentleman
* walking lady
* walking leaf
* walking marathon
* walking marriage
* walking mattress
* walking onion
* walking pace
* walking palm
* walking papers
* walking patient
* walking pneumonia
* walking pole
* walking school bus
* walking shark
* walking shorts
* walking simulator
* walking skeleton
* walking skin cancer
* walking spleenwort
* walking stick
* walking-stick
* walking street
* walking taco
* walking the dog
* walking ticket
* walking toad
* walking whale
* walking wheel
* walking wicket
* walking wounded
* wing walking

### See also

* shanks' mare
* shanks' pony