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gait

1 of 2

noun

1
: a manner of walking or moving on foot
2
: a sequence of foot movements (such as a walk, trot, pace, or canter) by which a horse or a dog moves forward
3
: a manner or rate of movement or progress
the leisurely gait of summer

gait

2 of 2

verb

gaited; gaiting; gaits

transitive verb

1
: to train (a horse or a dog) to use a particular gait or set of gaits (see gait entry 1 sense 2)
2
: to lead (a show dog) before a judge to display carriage and movement

intransitive verb

: to walk with a particular gait (see gait entry 1 sense 1)

Example Sentences

Noun They were orthopedic shoes built around molds of my feet, and they had a 2 1/4-inch lift.  … they had given me a more or less even gait for the first time in 10 years. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., New York Times Magazine, 9 Dec. 1990 Interaction with the horse takes place on several levels. Physical communication is foremost. You learn its body language and it learns to respond to a body language you use to ask for changes in gait, direction, and body frame. Maxine Kumin, In Deep, 1987 How many prose writers can you identify from their style? Not many have that singular emanation from the temperament or those combinations of words all of them characteristic for a certain gait, a certain tone, a certain idiosyncratic consecutiveness of thought and image. Paul West, New York Times Book Review, 15 Dec. 1985 He walked with an odd gait, a kind of shuffle, pushing his feet along the floor without lifting them. E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime, (1974) 1975 They walked on with the same light gait, so nearly of a height that keeping step came as naturally to them as breathing. Edith Wharton, The Reef, 1912 He has an awkward gait. Verb Patricia Craige, who has guided Norwegian elkhounds to the final at Westminster eight times, gaited Ch. Vin-Melca's Bombardier to breed honors. Walter R. Fletcher, New York Times, 13 Feb. 1991 As he watched the flashy dogs gaiting in the rings, he knew in his heart that he wanted to show dogs. Seeing the different breeds was thrilling. Jacqueline Fraser, Dog Fancy, Sept. 1991 See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In the research, published in Integrative and Comparative Biology in July, scientists studied the mechanics of how these sharks move, comparing their gait as newborns versus as juveniles. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022 Suter, the 6-foot-5 left-hander who developed the nickname thanks to his humorous gait, delivered a strong two innings, allowing two hits and a walk but no runs, and the Brewers came back to win on a walk-off home run, 7-5. Jr Radcliffe, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 Suter, the 6-foot-5 left-hander who developed the nickname thanks to his humorous gait, delivered a strong two innings, allowing two hits and a walk but no runs, and the Brewers came back to win on a walk-off home run, 7-5. Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2022 Wienand uses these data to figure out how the mouse’s gait changes as its ALS progresses. Liz Tormes, Scientific American, 26 Aug. 2022 As is frequently the case after games, Whitlock marched through the Red Sox clubhouse with the slow, blocky gait of a zombie. Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 But the rigid rockers of supershoes require you to run the same gait the entire way, and most are tuned to the forward-leaning, quick-cadence, powerful-push-off stride of a strong, efficient runner. Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 8 July 2022 The teacher took Moises out of the stroller and strapped him into a chair using a gait belt, Vartazarian said. Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 That afternoon, Alyona and Shura walked home together, and Shura’s outrage unleashed itself in her gait. Sana Krasikov, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
Verb
Strengthening your back and your core works to keep your spine supported, and that affects everything from standing posture to gait, balance, and even joint health. SELF, 25 Mar. 2022 The training club helps handlers get their dogs comfortable with stacking (physically placed in their proper stance) and gaiting (lapping around the show ring to show judges their trot). Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

originally spelling variant of gate entry 3

Verb

derivative of gait entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1900, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of gait was in 1509

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