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The correct spelling is walks.
How to pronounce walks
/wɑks/
verbIPA: /wɑks/
Say it like: Wal-ks
The correct spelling is walks. To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at a… For example: "To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit."
Usage Examples
“To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.”
“If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.”
“If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
- 2.To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
- 3.Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
- 4.(of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.
- 5.To travel (a distance) by walking.
noun
- 1.A trip made by walking.
- 2.A distance walked.
- 3.An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.
- 4.A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
- 5.A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
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