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racewalking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
race-walk-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of racewalk

Etymology

From race + walking.

Usage

Synonyms

speedwalking

Questions

What does racewalking mean?
A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
Where does racewalking come from?
From race + walking.

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