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Walking
Walking
Walking is one of the main gaits of locomotion among legged animals, and is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted pendulum' gait in which the body vaults over the stiff limb or limbs with each step...

is the main form of animal locomotion on land, distinguished from running and crawling.

Walking or Walk may also refer to:

Activities

  • Fulling
    Fulling
    Fulling or tucking or walking is a step in woolen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker. The worker who does the job is a fuller, tucker, or walker...

    , also called walking or waulking, a step in making woolen cloth
  • Hiking
    Hiking
    Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...

    , walking as a form of exercise or recreation, especially in a nature setting
  • Walkout
    Walkout
    In labor disputes, a walkout is a labor strike, the act of employees collectively leaving the workplace as an act of protest.A walkout can also mean the act of leaving a place of work, school, a meeting, a company, or an organization, especially if meant as an expression of protest or disapproval.A...

    , a form of protest, particularly in a labor context

Sports

  • Base on balls
    Base on balls
    A base on balls is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08...

    , also called a walk, in baseball, an award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher
  • Traveling (basketball)
    Traveling (basketball)
    In basketball, traveling is a violation of the rules that occurs when a player holding the ball moves one or both of his feet illegally. Most commonly, a player travels by illegally moving his pivot foot or taking too many steps without dribbling the ball....

    , also called walking, taking too many steps with the basketball without dribbling it
  • Walking, in cricket, a batter leaving the pitch without waiting for the umpire to declare him out
  • Racewalking, a track & field athletics event

Literature

  • "Walking" (Thoreau)
    Walking (Thoreau)
    "Walking" is an essay written by Henry David Thoreau, . Between 1851 and 1860 Thoreau read the piece a total of ten times, more than any other of his lectures...

    , a 1861 essay by Henry David Thoreau
  • Walk: the Magazine of the Ramblers' Association, a UK walking magazine

Music

  • a walking bass
  • Walk (album)
    Walk (album)
    Walk is the first album by American singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson, released in 1996.-Track listing:All songs by Andrew Peterson.# "Carolina"# "Another Day"# "If I Wanna Walk"# "Lullaby"# "Shades of Home"# "Let Me Sing"...

    , a 1996 album by Andrew Peterson
  • Walk (EP)
    Walk (EP)
    -Walk Biomechanical:Walk Biomechanical is an EP by the Texas heavy metal band Pantera. It was released in 1993 by Atco Records.-Album information:...

    , a 1993 EP by Pantera
  • "Walk" (Foo Fighters song)
    Walk (Foo Fighters song)
    "Walk" is the eleventh and last track and the second single from American rock band Foo Fighters' seventh studio album Wasting Light. It was written by Dave Grohl and co-produced by Butch Vig. The song can be heard in the background of the bar scene and in the closing credits in the movie Thor. The...

    , a song by Foo Fighters from their 2011 album Wasting Light
  • "Walk" (Pantera song), a song by Pantera from their 1992 album Vulgar Display of Power
  • "Walk", a song by Blind Melon from Soup
  • Walkin'
    Walkin'
    -Performers:*Miles Davis - Trumpet*Lucky Thompson - Tenor saxophone *J. J. Johnson - Trombone *David Schildkraut - Alto saxophone *Horace Silver - Piano*Percy Heath - Bass*Kenny Clarke - drums...

    , a 1954 album by Miles Davis
  • "Walking", a song by The Kelly Family
    The Kelly Family
    The Kelly Family is an Irish-American-European music group consisting of a multi-generational family, who play a repertoire of rock, pop and folk music. They have had chart and concert success in Europe and other parts of the world, especially in Germany, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, Eastern...

  • "Walking", a song by Soul Asylum from their 1984 album Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck
    Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck
    Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck is the debut album from Soul Asylum.The album was originally released as Say What You Will... Everything Can Happen on August 24, 1984. This album sold 6,738 vinyl copies and 2,639 cassettes before being released on CD in 1988. The listing below...

  • "Walking", a song by Tindersticks from their 1997 album Curtains
    Curtains (Tindersticks album)
    -Track listing:# "Another Night In" – 5:11# "Rented Rooms" – 5:12# "Don't Look Down" – 4:18# "Dick's Slow Song" – 4:09# "Fast One" – 1:52# "Ballad of Tindersticks" – 7:37# "Dancing" – 2:56# "Let's Pretend" – 3:21# "Desperate Man" – 3:21...


Mathematics

  • Walk (graph theory), in graph theory, an alternating sequence of vertices and edges

Geography

  • Walk, Livonia
    Walk, Livonia
    Walk was the historical German name for the town that is now divided into Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia. After 1419 it was the seat of the Landtag of the Livonian Confederation.-See also:*List of German exonyms for places in Estonia...

    , the German name for a town in Livonia, now divided between:
    • Valka
      Valka
      Valka is a town in northern Latvia, on the border with Estonia.Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "One Town, Two States". The border dividing the Livonian town of Walk was marked out in 1920 by an international jury headed by...

      , Latvia
    • Valga, Estonia
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