with an awkward gait

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• awkward — awkward, clumsy, maladroit, inept, gauche mean not adapted by constitution or character to act, operate, or achieve the intended or desired ends with ease, fitness, or grace. Awkward and clumsy are by far the widest of these terms in their range… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• gait — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ rolling, shuffling ▪ unsteady ▪ awkward ▪ slow PREPOSITION ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• awkward — adj. 1 difficult VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ make sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …   Collocations dictionary

• gait — [[t]ge͟ɪt[/t]] gaits N COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp A particular kind of gait is a particular way of walking. [WRITTEN] ...a tubby little man in his fifties, with sparse hair and a rolling gait... His movements were decidedly clumsy, and his… …   English dictionary

• Horse gait — This is an article on horse gaits; for other meanings, see: gait (disambiguation). Horse gaits are the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of specialized training by humans.Ensminger, M. E. Horses and… …   Wikipedia

• Cerebellum — This article is about the smaller region in the lower part of the brain. For the large region of the brain, see Cerebrum. Brain: Cerebellum A human brain, with the cerebellum colored in purple …   Wikipedia

• Cerebellar abiotrophy — (CA), also referred to as the cerebellar cortical abiotrophy (CCA), which is a genetic neurological disease in animals best known to affect certain breeds of horses and dogs. It develops when the neurons known as Purkinje cells, located in the… …   Wikipedia

• flatfoot — /flat foot / or, for 1, / foot /, n., pl. flatfeet for 1, flatfoots for 2, 3. 1. Pathol. a. a condition in which the arch of the foot is flattened so that the entire sole rests upon the ground. b. Also, flat foot. a foot with such an arch. 2.… …   Universalium

• slouch — sloucher, n. slouchingly, adv. /slowch/, v.i. 1. to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture. 2. to move or walk with loosely drooping body and careless gait. 3. to have a droop or downward bend, as a hat. v.t. 4. to cause to droop or bend… …   Universalium

• slouch — [[t]slaʊtʃ[/t]] v. i. 1) to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture 2) to move or walk with drooping body and shuffling gait 3) to have a droop or downward bend, as a hat 4) to cause to droop or bend down, as the shoulders or a hat 5) an… …   From formal English to slang

• shamble — verb move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait. noun a shambling gait. Derivatives shambly adjective Origin C16: prob. from dialect shamble ungainly , perh. from the phr. shamble legs, with ref. to the legs of trestle tables (typical of meat… …   English new terms dictionary