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What are the powerful words that speak to movement?
Strutting instantly comes to mind...
And wiggling and jiggling...gelatinous movement
Strut, wiggle, jiggle, shimmy (!), prance, sashay...
What are some others? (I know this is similar to the foot thread, but, really, there is a difference--and this may be good for getting those winter bones up and moving...)
Gliding back to Star Land,
OrB~
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shimmey
Old song:
Wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate,
Shake it like jelly on a plate.
Mama asked just the other night,
"How come all the boys treat Kate so nice?"
Mama, mama, it's understood:
Kate's the best shaker in the neighborhood!
I may be late, but I'd be up to date
If I could shimmy like my sister Kate,
I mean...
Shake it like my sister Kate.
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Ooooo, I love the word sashay. It sounds like silk moving on silk.
Sneak & tiptoe, while both conveying movement also let the reader know that something else, not always above board, is going on.
Though, on second thought, I'd attribute sneak to a bad guy and tiptoe to a good guy or a kiddy.
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I love sashay too, but stroll. Now there's a good one. It just rolls off the tongue.
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Dear belMarduk: Do you square dance? or just like "sashay" because it is a corruption of a French word?
sashay
SYLLABICATION:
sa·shay
PRONUNCIATION:
s-sh
INTRANSITIVE
VERB:
Inflected forms: sa·shayed, sa·shay·ing, sa·shays
1a. Informal To walk or proceed, especially in an easy or casual manner. b. To
strut or flounce in a showy manner: sashaying around the dinner party in his
fancy new clothes. 2. To perform the chassé in dancing. 3. To move in a
sideways manner.
NOUN:
1. A chassé. 2. An excursion; an outing. 3. A figure in square dancing in which
partners circle each other by taking sideways steps.
ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of chassé.
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glide (walking elegantly while wearing a very long dress)
yomp (doing like the paras do)
mince (effeminate or tentative steps)
stride (positive, confident steps)
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I always thought that mince were those scissory steps you took when you had to go pee really badly and you didn't want to leave a little trail along the floor.
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Dear rkay,
Yomp like the paras do? Doesn't compute! Hellllpppppp!
Other movements:
Waltz
Sidle
Dance
Tread
Trudge
Stomp
Stamp
Run
Skip
Hop
Jump
Shift
Gallop
Jig
Lunge
Loiter (?)
Meander
Polka
Cha-Cha
Shuffle
Tap
Circle
Box-step
Heel-toe
Do-See-Do (spelling?)
Relevée (spelling?)
Cartwheel
Roundabout
Flip
Backflip
Flouce
Trounce
Highstep
Halt
Cross
Grapevine step
Dodge
Dart
Boureé
Turn
Twist
Boogaloo
Bop
Hula
Bellydance
Beat regards,
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yomping - walking at high speed, over whatever terrain you come across - and if you're a para then usually carrying a heavy pack.
Para - member of the Parachute Regiment
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I have the feeling that "yomping" is a very Brit sort of word - a portmanteau signifying youth and stomping (?) The action, though, I'm sure is fairly universal - it's what fit people do when they are in a hurry - like when you are twenty miles away from your destination 2½ hours before supper is about to be served, when you know they'll neither wait for you nor keep anything!
The other reason for yomping is to show off - to prove that you are fitter than the others, or whatever. You sure as [whistle] don't get to see to enjoy the countryside that way, but you can boast about your prowess!
What names (other than approbrious ones!) do you-all have for this sort of activity?
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