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gait

UK/ɡeɪt/

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Australia/ɡæɪt/

gait noun: a manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

Noun (1)

gait (plural gaits)

  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.

Verb

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

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

Noun (2)

gait (plural gaits)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A sheaf of corn.
  2. (UK, dialectal) A charge for pasturage.

gait meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

gait in Hindi

gait, manner of movement, way of presenting oneself
चाल-ढाल cāl-ḍhāl
gait
चलन calan

gait in Tamil

manner of walking
நடை naṭai

gait in Urdu

gait
چلن calan

gait in Bengali

gait
গতি gotoi, চাল cal
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gait in Telugu
నడక naḍaka, గతి gati
gait in Malayalam
ഗതി, നടപ്പുരീതി, ചലനരീതി, സഞ്ചാരക്രമം
gait in Kannada
ನಡಿಕೆ
gait in Odia
ଚାଲି cāli, ଗମନ gamana
gait in Sanskrit
गति gati, प्रगामन् pragāman

Examples of gait in a sentence

  • Certain South-east Asian snakes are luticoles and have a special side-winding gait for moving over muddy surfaces.
  • Work is proceeding at a steady gait.
  • Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait.

All 40 example sentences with gait

Forms of gait

Noun
pluralgaits
Verb
third-person singular presentgaits
present participlegaiting
past participlegaited
pastgaited

Plural of gait: gaits

Origin of gait

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.

Words formed from gait

Phrases with gait

Words that rhyme with gait

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Questions about gait

What does gait mean?
Gait means a manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
What is gait in Hindi?
Gait in Hindi is चाल-ढाल (cāl-ḍhāl), चलन (calan). See Gait meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is gait?
Gait can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce gait?
Gait is pronounced /ɡeɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of gait?
The plural of gait is gaits.

Words near gait in the dictionary

  1. Gaiser
  2. Gaiseric
  3. Gaisers
  4. Gaisgill
  5. gaison
  6. gait
  7. gait apraxia
  8. gait apraxias
  9. gait belt
  10. Gaitan
  11. Gaitans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gait (page history and authors); चलन (Hindi) (page history and authors); چلن (Urdu) (page history and authors); গতি (Bengali) (page history and authors); గతి (Telugu) (page history and authors); gait (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gait (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଗମନ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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