race-walk

[reys-wawk]

verb (used without object)

1. to participate in race walking.

Word History and Origins

Origin of race-walk¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

We grab each other’s arms and race-walk to the lunch area.

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Along the looping race-walk course Friday, there was a screen that featured an up-to-date temperature reading.

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The cashier abandoned the register at a race-walk, then sprinted through the produce section.

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“I’m just Erin who likes to race-walk. Why won’t you let me race 50K?”

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Mr. Lyford found another rooting, and then another, and he felt sure he had the trail, so he took off in a kind of race-walk, his arms pumping so that the gun wiggled in the air like he was in color guard.

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