"run-walk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: run-walks [plural]
Etymology: run + walk. Independently invented by fictionists and sportsmen. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|run|walk}} run + walk Head templates: {{en-noun}} run-walk (plural run-walks)
  1. (uncommon) Alternating locomotion by the legs in such a fashion that the share of walking is greater than that of running. Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Exercise
    Sense id: en-run-walk-en-noun-02XMwGnN Disambiguation of Exercise: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: run, walk

Verb

Forms: run-walks [present, singular, third-person], run-walking [participle, present], run-walked [participle, past], run-walked [past]
Etymology: run + walk. Independently invented by fictionists and sportsmen. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|run|walk}} run + walk Head templates: {{en-verb}} run-walk (third-person singular simple present run-walks, present participle run-walking, simple past and past participle run-walked)
  1. (uncommon) To walk and run alternatingly in such a fashion that the share of walking is greater. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-run-walk-en-verb-6NQGorj2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: run, walk

Inflected forms

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