Instead of walk, consider:
- Amble: walk easily and/or aimlessly
- Bounce: walk energetically
- Careen: pitch dangerously to one side while walking or running
- Clump: walk heavily and/or clumsily
- Falter: walk unsteadily
- Flounder: walk with great difficulty
- Foot it: (slang) depart or set off by walking
- Footslog: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- Gimp: limp; hobble
- Hike: take a long walk, especially in a park or a wilderness area
- Hobble: walk unsteadily or with difficulty; see also limp
- Hoof it: (slang) walk; see foot it
- Leg it: (slang) see foot it
- Limp: walk unsteadily because of injury, especially favoring one leg; see also falter
- Lumber: walk slowly and heavily
- Lurch: walk slowly but with sudden movements, or furtively
- March: walk rhythmically alone or in a group, especially according to a specified procedure
- Meander: walk or move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
- Mince: walk delicately
- Mosey: see amble; also, used colloquially in the phrase “mosey along”
- Nip: walk briskly or lightly; also used colloquially in the phrase “nip (on) over” to refer to a brief walk to a certain destination, as if on an errand
- Pace: walk precisely to mark off a distance, or walk intently or nervously, especially back and forth
- Pad: walk with steady steps making a soft dull sound
- Parade: walk ostentatiously, as if to show off
- Perambulate: see stroll; travel on foot, or walk to inspect or measure a boundary
- Peregrinate: walk, especially to travel
- Plod: walk slowly and heavily, as if reluctant or weary
- Pound: walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor; see lumber
- Power walk: walk briskly for fitness
- Prance: walk joyfully, as if dancing or skipping
- Promenade: go on a leisurely walk, especially in a public place as a social activity; see parade
- Prowl: walk noiselessly and carefully in a predatory manner
- Pussyfoot: walk stealthily or warily
- Ramble: walk or travel aimlessly
- Roam: go without fixed direction and without any particular destination, often for pleasure; see ramble
- Rove: travel constantly over a relatively lengthy time period without a fixed destination; wander
- Sashay: glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly; seeparade
- Saunter: walk about easily
- Scuff: walk without lifting one’s feet
- Shamble: walk or go awkwardly; shuffle; see scuff
- Shuffle: walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait; see scuff
- Skulk: move in a stealthy or furtive manner
- Somnambulate: walk in one’s sleep
- Stagger: walk unsteadily
- Stalk: walk stealthily, as in pursuit
- Step: walk, or place one’s foot or feet in a new position
- Stomp: walk heavily, as if in anger
- Stride: walk purposefully, with long steps
- Stroll: walk in a leisurely way; see saunter
- Strut: walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait; see parade
- Stumble: walk clumsily or unsteadily, or trip
- Stump: walk heavily, as with a limp; see lumber
- Swagger: walk with aggressive self-confidence
- Tiptoe: walk carefully on the toes or on the balls of the foot, as if in stealth
- Toddle: move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child; seesaunter and stagger
- Totter: walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness; see stagger (also, sway or become unstable)
- Traipse: walk lightly and/or aimlessly
- Tramp: walk heavily or noisily; see lumber and hike
- Trample: walk so as to crush something underfoot
- Traverse: walk across or over a distance
- Tread: walk slowly and steadily
- Trip: walk lightly; see also stumble
- Tromp: tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot; see lumber
- Troop: walk in unison, or collectively
- Trot: proceed at a pace faster than a walk; see nip
- Trudge: walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions; see plod
- Waddle: walk clumsily or as if burdened, swinging the body
- Wade: walk through water or with difficulty, as if impeded
- Wander: to move from place to place without a fixed route; seeramble
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