HOW TO PRONOUNCE
walk
/wɔk/
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“We took a walk after lunch.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does walk mean?
verb
- 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.
- To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
- Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
More meanings (37)
verb
- To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.
- To travel (a distance) by walking.
- To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
- To appear in a parade.
- To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
- To reach base by being pitched four balls.
- Of an object or machine, to move by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
- To cause something to move in such a way.
- To full; to beat (cloth) to give it the consistency of felt.
- To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
- To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
- To leave, resign.
- To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
- To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
- To go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
- (informal) To move (a guest) to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on the day of check-in.
- To tend to move radially while feeding axially, whether tending toward on-center or tending toward off-center. Walking may be desirable (e.g., when a reamer walks into concentricity) or undesirable (e.g., when a twist drill walks into eccentricity.)
- To pull (a trigger) rapid-fire by alternating two fingers.
- (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
- (historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
noun
- A trip made by walking.
- A distance walked.
- An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.
- A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
- A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk.
- (figuratively) A person's conduct or course in life.
- A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.
- An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".
- In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
- An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.
- A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence. Compare path, trail.
- Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
- A particular histidine kinase
- (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
- (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
- (dated, slang) A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/wɔk/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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Nevertheless, she was not so rapt from things of earth as to be unable to notice that Christine’s walk was decidedly ungraceful.
It was difficult to walk without falling into muddy holes, for the grass was so thick that it hid them from sight.
More book examples (3)
“I didn’t come here to walk. I could ’ave walked to home—’round an’ ’round the barn, if I jest wanted to walk.”
“Walk fast now till you get away from the houses, and then shin for the raft like the dickens was after you!”
I will keep my sides to myself, my shoulders for the fellow of this walk, and my horns I bequeath your husbands.