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gait

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Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ɡeɪt/
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/ɡeɪt/ · /ɡæɪt/ · /ɡet/ · /ɡeit/

Definition of gait

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
    “Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.”
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noun

  1. A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
    “Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.”
  2. One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.
  3. (UK, dialectal)A sheaf of corn.
  4. (UK, dialectal)A charge for pasturage.

verb

  1. (transitive)To teach a specific gait to a horse.

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Etymology

From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.

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