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knucklewalk

knucklewalk verb: to walk quadrupedally with the forelimbs holding the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles.

Verb

knucklewalk (third-person singular simple present knucklewalks, present participle knucklewalking, simple past and past participle knucklewalked)

  1. To walk quadrupedally with the forelimbs holding the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles.
    • Chimpanzees and gorillas knucklewalk.

Forms of knucklewalk

third-person singular presentknucklewalks
present participleknucklewalking
past participleknucklewalked
pastknucklewalked

Origin of knucklewalk

From knuckle + walk.

Words formed from knucklewalk

Questions about knucklewalk

What does knucklewalk mean?
Knucklewalk means to walk quadrupedally with the forelimbs holding the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles.
What part of speech is knucklewalk?
Knucklewalk is a verb.
What is the past tense of knucklewalk?
The past tense of knucklewalk is knucklewalked.

Words near knucklewalk in the dictionary

  1. knuckles to
  2. knuckles under
  3. knuckles up
  4. knucklesome
  5. knucklestones
  6. knucklewalk
  7. knucklewalked
  8. knucklewalker
  9. knucklewalkers
  10. knucklewalking
  11. knucklewalks

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