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knucklewalking

knucklewalking is the present participle and gerund of knucklewalk.

Meaning of knucklewalk

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.

Questions about knucklewalking

What is knucklewalking the present participle and gerund of?
Knucklewalking is the present participle and gerund of knucklewalk.

Words near knucklewalking in the dictionary

  1. knucklestones
  2. knucklewalk
  3. knucklewalked
  4. knucklewalker
  5. knucklewalkers
  6. knucklewalking
  7. knucklewalks
  8. knucklier
  9. knuckliest
  10. knuckliness
  11. knuckling

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