Amble: walk at a slow, leisurely pace. They ambled along for miles.
Crawl: move slowly with the body close to the ground or on hands and knees. A baby crawls before he can walk.
Creep: to move very quietly and carefully, often with your body in a low position so that nobody will notice you. He crept down the stairs hoping that nobody would wake
Dart: move quickly and suddenly in the specified direction. She darted away when I came in.
Dash: move quickly and suddenly, rush. I must dash or I'll miss the train.
Edge: move gradually with small movements. Paul decided to edge away from the crowd.
Frogmarch: force somebody to walk by holding his arms tightly by his side, usually because of bad behaviour. The prefect frogmarched the boy to the detention room
Hike: take a long walk in the mountains or countryside, as an adventure. The group hiked up to the top of the hill.
Hobble: walk with difficulty. The old man hobbled along the street with the aid of his stick.
Hop: move by jumping on one foot. The man hopped down the road after hurting his foot.
Jog: run slowly and steadily, as a way of exercising. She goes jogging every day.
Limp: to walk in an uneven way because you have hurt your leg or foot. He fell and twisted his ankle and limped home in a great pain.
Lollop: run with long awkward steps. The dog came lolloping down the path.
Lope: run with long steps. The man loped off after the ball.
Lunge: make a sudden movement towards somebody or something. The boxer lunged forward and grabbed his opponent by the arm.
Lurch: stagger. The drunken man was lurching along the street.
March: walk with regular steps of equal length. Demonstrators marched through the streets of the city.
Meander: walk in a slow, relaxed way instead of taking the most direct way possible. (Rivers also meander).As I was sitting in the park, I watched as couples seemed to meander around happily.
Mooch: wander, walk slowly without any purpose. John mooched about the shops.
Pace: walk with regular steps. He paced up and down the platform, waiting for the train.
Pad: walk softly and quietly. The child padded barefoot down the stairs.
Paddle (GB), wade (US): walk for pleasure without shoes or socks in water that is not very deep. The children were paddling in the lake.
Parade: walk or march together to celebrate or protest. Demonstrators paraded through the streets of the city.
Plod: walk with heavy steps or with difficulty. Labourers plodded home through the muddy fields.
Prance: walk with high steps or large movements, in a confident way. She pranced around her room, pretending to be an actress.
Prowl: to walk or move quietly, in a suspicious way because you are involved in a criminal activity or you are looking for something. (around/about).Someone was prowling about outside the house, so I called the police.
Ramble: walk for pleasure with no particular destination. He likes rambling around in the country.
Roam: wander. They roamed through the streets for hours.
Rush: hurry; move quickly because you need to get somewhere soon. She was late so she decided to rush off down the hall.
Saunter: stroll. They sauntered around the park.
Scamper: run quickly and playfully. The children were scampering up the steps.
Scramble: climb up or down, or over something quickly and with difficulty. They had to scramble up to the top of the hill to see the view.
Scurry: move quickly with short steps, because you are in a hurry. He was late so he had to scurry off to work.
Scuttle: move quickly with short steps, because you are afraid or do not want to be seen. The mouse scuttled off when we entered the room.
Shuffle: to walk slowly by sliding your feet along instead of lifting them from the ground. The old man shuffled across the room in his slippers
Skip: move forward with quick steps and jumps. The child skipped with joy towards his father.
Slide: move smoothly over a surface. I was sliding on the ice.
Slip: slide accidentally. She slipped on the ice and broke her leg.
Sneak: go quietly and secretly in order to avoid being seen or heard. The boy sneaked in without paying.
Sprint: run very quickly for a short distance. The kids sprinted down the stairs.
Stagger: walk unsteadily as if about to fall. He was so drunk that he staggered all the way home.
Stalk: walk in a proud or angry way, with long steps. The teacher turned and stalked out of the classroom.
Stride: to walk with long steps.Robert strode up to the desk and demanded to see the manager.
Stroll: walk for pleasure. They strolled around the park.
Strut: walk in a proud way, with the chest out and trying to look important. He strutted past us, ignoring our greeting.
Stumble/
trip: (over something): to hit your foot against something when you are walking and almost fall over. He stumbled over a tree root.
Stumble: stagger. She stumbled upstairs and into bed.
Stump: walk heavily and stiffly. They stumped up the hill.
Swagger: walk proudly, strut. After winning the first prize, the player swaggered about proudly.
Tear: run or move quickly in a dangerous or careless way. When the storm started, they tore back into the house.
Tiptoe: walk on the tips of one's toes. She tiptoed to the bed so as not to wake the baby.
Toddle: walk with short unsteady steps. Her two-year-old son toddled into the room.
Tramp: to walk with slow heavy steps. We had a miserable afternoon tramping across the moors in pouring rain.
Trample: to step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury Somebody trampled all over my flowerbeds in the night!
Trek: hike; make a long, difficult journey on foot. For ten days she trekked across the mountains of China.
Trip over: catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall. He tripped over the step and fell.
Trip: walk with short quick steps, usually as young girls do. The little girl tripped happily up the road.
Trudge: walk slowly and with effort because one is tired. We were very tired after trudging through the deep snow for two hours.
Waddle: walk with short steps, moving the body from one side to another, especially to talk about birds or people with fat bodies. The fat man waddled off to the restaurant for lunch.
Wade: to walk with difficulty through deep water, mud, etc. The soldiers jumped out of the boat and waded ashore.
Wander: move without a fixed purpose or destination. They enjoy wandering through the countryside
