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slow-walk

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables
slow-walk
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.

Transitive verb

verb

To punish, to chastise.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Attested since 1973 in Southern dialects of American English; prominent since the late 1990s. Thought by William Safire to derive from a Tennessee term for the walking gait of the Tennessee Walking Horse, which is generally called "flat walk", but sometimes a "slow walk".

Usage

Inflected Forms

slow-walks (present, singular) slow-walking (participle, present) slow-walked (participle, past) slow-walked (past) slow walk (alternative)

Synonyms

drag one's feet slow roll

Questions

What does slow-walk mean?
To delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.
Where does slow-walk come from?
Attested since 1973 in Southern dialects of American English; prominent since the late 1990s. Thought by William Safire to derive from a Tennessee term for the walking gait of the Tennessee Walking Horse, which is generally called "flat walk", but sometimes a "slow walk".

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