walking

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈwaːk.ɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔ.kɪŋ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.kɪŋ/ 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. Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness. Characterized by or suitable for walking. a walking tour good walking shoes (figurative) Heavily characterized by some given quality. (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. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English walkyng, walkinge, equivalent to walk +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== walking (countable and uncountable, plural walkings) verbal noun of walk. ===== Translations ===== === Derived terms === === See also === shanks' mare shanks' pony