Word: racewalking
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ra
ce
wa
lking
Definition: A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
Morphemes:
Affix: race
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
Affix: walk
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.