Walk
1 | verb | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 2 | verb | accompany or escort 3 | verb | obtain a base on balls 4 | verb | traverse or cover by walking 5 | verb | give a base on balls to 6 | verb | live or behave in a specified manner 7 | verb | be or act in association with 8 | verb | walk at a pace (17 meanings)
w'ok (IPA: wˈɒk)
walk (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)
1460 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (566 years ago)
1386 (Late Middle ages) (640 years ago)
Old English |
written: 1759th most common (1 in 10204 words) (60% verb | 40% noun)
spoken: 587th most common (1 in 6452 words)
(includes some inflected forms)
walked | walking | walks
take the air | turn | walking | manner of walking | paseo | walkway | walk of life (total: 7)
ride
amble | ambulate | bumble | careen | clomp | clump | coggle | dodder | falter | flounce | flounder | foot | footslog | gimp | hike | ... (total: 119)
go | locomote | move | travel | accompany | hit | rack up | score | tally | cover | cross | cut across | cut through | get across | get over | ... (total: 40)
antiknock | bach | bloc | block | bock | caulk | chalk | chock | clock | crock | doc | dock | floc | flock | frock | ... (total: 38) (based on typical American pronunciation)
wok
balk | Salk | talk | wale | wall | wank (total: 6)
(none among common words)
angry walk | random walk | space walk | street-walk | walk away | walk-in | walk in | walk off | walk of life | walk-on | ... (total: 19)
Walk (US population: 4460 people, white: 84%)
Orange Walk (Belize) | |
Country Walk (Florida, 16951 people) | Orange Walk (Belize, 13750 people) | Bog Walk (Jamaica, 12873 people) | Whisper Walk (Florida, 5135 people)
A Good Walk Spoiled (John Feinstein) | And Walk in Love (Henrietta Buckmaster) | The Rope Walk: A Novel (Carrie Brown)
You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat | Walk the Line | Walk on the Wild Side | Walk on Water | Walk, Don't Run | ... (total: 15)
walk.com | walk.net | walk.org | walk.info
Alternative to hit | Arcade | Base on balls | Beat the rap | Cement layer's work | Conserve gasoline, maybe | Constitutional | Corner light | Free pass, of a sort | Hit alternative | Hoof it | Not a hit or an out | Street light (total: 13) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)
11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)
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